{"product_id":"to-be-taught-if-fortunate-becky-chambers-9780062936011","title":"To Be Taught, If Fortunate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Hugo and Locus Award Nominee!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Extraordinary . . . A future sci-fi masterwork in a new and welcome tradition.\" -- Joanne Harris, author if \u003cem\u003eChocolat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stand-alone science fiction novella from the award-winning, bestselling, critically-acclaimed author of the Wayfarers series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using synthetic biological supplementations. They can produce antifreeze in subzero temperatures, absorb radiation and convert it for food, and conveniently adjust to the pull of different gravitational forces. With the fragility of the body no longer a limiting factor, human beings are at last able to journey to neighboring exoplanets long known to harbor life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA team of these explorers, Ariadne O'Neill and her three crewmates, are hard at work in a planetary system fifteen light-years from Sol, on a mission to ecologically survey four habitable worlds. But as Ariadne shifts through both form and time, the culture back on Earth has also been transformed. Faced with the possibility of returning to a planet that has forgotten those who have left, Ariadne begins to chronicle the story of the wonders and dangers of her mission, in the hope that someone back home might still be listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Becky Chambers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062936018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062936011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Voyager\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugo Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019","brand":"Becky Chambers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053214298367,"sku":"9780062936011","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f60ee8df-e0bc-45c6-adf2-5fc6da98ffa8.jpg?v=1685023074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-be-taught-if-fortunate-becky-chambers-9780062936011","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}