501: The Kickstarter of Space Exploration

Published: Feb. 15, 2020, 3:09 a.m.

Climb aboard your spaceship and prepare your skin to be sparkly, because we\u2019re discussing \u201cTo Be Taught, If Fortunate,\u201d a novella from Becky Chambers, a writer we enjoy quite a lot. This is a story about science, adventure, sacrifice, and the difficulty of being away from home for a very, very long time. An interesting crew of characters explores strange, new worlds\u2014while trying to fit in biologically. Sometimes it goes really well, and other times it doesn\u2019t. Also: What are we reading?