The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
By: Becky Chambers
4.41
Format: 336 pages, ebook
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has g…
Want to Read $ 11.99"The gendered expectations of parenting were dissolving, but even though women could be found working in creches now, there was still an enormous difference between the person who produced an egg and the person who cared for the little being that crawled out of it."-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
"In traditional Aeluon culture, a mother was not a parent. Parents were men and shon. Parents went to school for it. Parents were the people who actually raised children, not those who had done the easy business of creating them. The gendered expectations of parenting were dissolving, but even though women could be found working in creches now, there was still an enormous difference between the person who produced an egg and the person who took care of the little being that crawled out of it. Parenting was a profession, and it was not Pei’s. She could not imagine living like Ouloo, performing two distinct jobs at once, splitting herself for decades until Tupo reached adulthood. The whole idea was overwhelming."-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
"Then, what is your reason?' 'I don't know!' Pei rubbed her face in frustration. 'There is no reason why I don't want to do this! I'm healthy! I'm clearly capable! Everybody I know who's ever gone to a Kresh comes back saying it's a fantastic time. I'd have ten-days to just lie around and have sex and be catered to. I like kids. I like being around kids. I imagine visiting my own would be nice. I have a partner who understands and friends who would be thrilled, and...there's no reason not to.' Speaker looked at her for a moment. 'Of course, there is. You don't want to.'...'And when it comes to a person's body, that is all the reason there ever needs to be. It doesn't matter if it's a decision about a new pair of legs, or how you like to trim your claws, or...what to do about an egg. You don't want to. That's it. That is all it ever needs to be."-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
"Just because there’s no one living on a planet does not mean it’s yours for the taking. Do you not see how dangerous that mindset is? Do you not think that treating the galaxy as if it is something to be endlessly used will always, always end in tragedy? You think you’ve broken the cycle. You haven’t. You’re in a less violent period of the exact same cycle, and you don’t see it. And the line of what you find to be justifiable cause is going to keep slipping and slipping until you end up right back where you started. You haven’t fixed anything. You put a stamp and a permit and a shiny coat of paint on an idea that has been fundamentally damaged from day one. You engaged in bloody theft and you called it progress, and no matter how much better you think you’ve made things, no matter how good your intentions are, that will always be the root of the GC. You cannot divorce any of what you do from that. Ever."-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
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Format: 359 pages, Paperback
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By: Martha Wells
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Format: 144 pages, ebook
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6. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
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7. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
By: Becky Chambers
4.41
Format: 336 pages, ebook
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8. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)
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Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
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By: Martha Wells
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Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
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4.12
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