On To Be Taught, If Fortunate

This is such a beautiful little book. It started slowly for me, but I came to love the characters. Chambers has such a powerful way of dealing with the human — her Monk and Robot books nailed it, and this one does too. I cheered our little gang of space explorers all the way through. I feel like Chambers gets me in ways few other writers do, even though her characters do such different things than I ever would, and that tells me there’s something universal here — it’s so calming, even rewarding, to see it.