#to be taught if fortunate

[beartrice-inn-unnir]

10. What is your favorite genre book to recommend to someone who doesn’t usually like that genre?

Usually when people ask me for a rec for a genre they don’t usually like, they are asking for sci-fi, and I start by trying to figure out different access points based on what they already like. I’m not much of a hard sci-fi person, tending more to the space opera and political thrillers, so here’s a few “if you like x, maybe try y”:

If you like romance, give Everina Maxwell’s Winter’s Orbit a try. It’s definitely sci-fi in setting and plot, but it also hits nicely in the formulaic patterns of a arranged-marriage, strangers-to-lovers story that will help you through it even if the sci-fi elements are throwing you off. The author has another similar book that increases the sci-fi elements and is enemies-to-lovers as well, so if you like Winter’s Orbit, Ocean’s Echo is a good next step.

If you like non-fiction, The Martian by Andy Weir is a great pick. I have multiple friends who got into reading again as adults via The Martian. It’s well-written, well-grounded, funny, and very sci-fi. If you’ve already read it, then maybe give To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers a try. It can be described with all the same adjectives, plus it’s a short novella, so if you’re hesitant, it’s less intimidating.

If you like mysteries or political thrillers, boy is there a lot of great sci-fi out there for you. The crux of a lot of sci-fi is space or high-tech settings with a plot that asks questions about personhood, and that mixes really well with detectives and spies wandering around trying to solve problems and find truths. Try Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (it’s partway through a series of great books and novellas, but that one’s the most traditional mystery plot) or A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (ambassador solving her predecessor’s mysterious death while trying to do his job)(I’d also recommend this one if you read a lot of classics) EDIT: just realized I mistyped - book 1 by Arkady Martine is A Memory Called Empire.

If YA/ Bildungsromanen/ New Adult figuring the world out through trial and error is often your jam, try Provenance by Ann Leckie (for the kid who really wants to do things right) or The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold (for another kid who wants to do things right, but is also a high-energy chaos gremlin).

If you like fantasy, you probably already have read some sci-fi; it’s all under the speculative fiction umbrella and genres are vague anyway. All the same, I know this is the Locked Tomb Website, but give Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir a shot (it’s got magic and mayhem and an epic locked-room whodunnit mystery). The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord is also good - it has a team of people traveling together and thinking about morals and discovering new abilities, plus some romance.

I’m sure there’s lots of genres I’m forgetting right now, but feel free to send me another ask for any specific one!

#readers asks #winters orbit #oceans echo #everina maxwell #the Martian #andy weir #to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #fugitive telemetry #martha wells #the murderbot diaries #a desolation called peace #arkady martine #a memory called empire #provenance #ann leckie #the warriors apprentice #lois mcmaster bujold #gideon the ninth #tamsyn muir #the best of all possible worlds #karen lord

[unhavoc]

We celebrate the tree that stretches to the sky, but it is the ground we should ultimately thank.

- Becky Chambers, To be Taught, If Fortunate

#to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #fav read of the year so far #book recs #science fiction #trees #thankfulness #gratitude #quotes #nature #nature quotes

[readtilyoudie]

At some point, you have to accept the fact that any movement creates waves, and the only other option is to lie still and learn nothing.

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

#book quote #to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #sci-fi #queer #quote #quotes #booklr #bookblr

[susiephone]

I'm halfway through "To Be Taught, If Fortunate" and this space crew is my EMOTIONAL SUPPORT POLYCULE

#to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #booklr #bookish

[justconstantly]

maybe I'm just going thru something emotionally in real life I wasn't aware of right now but I'm reading to be taught if fortunate by Becky Chambers and I'm only halfway thru but I'm literally about to start eating drywall, this novella is making me insane

#to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers

[ursulaklegay]

ULTIMATE (queer) SFF LIST (in progress)

Rivers Solomon - An unkindness of ghosts, The Deep, Sorrowland 

Akwaeke Emezi - PET, BITTER

Jaqueline Koayanagi - Ascension

Otter Lieffe - Margins and murmurations trilogy

Ursula K. Le Guin - The left hand of darkness

Becky Chambers - To be taught, if fortunate

Octavia Butler - The Xenogenesis series

Chana Porter - The seep

Tamsyn Muir - The locked tomb series

Ray Nyler - The mountain in the sea

Starhawk - The Fifth Sacred Thing

#I am right btw. #BUT I do take recommendations and will keep updating this #i guess I have to tag all of these now so. rip me . ok #rivers solomon #an unkindness of ghosts #the deep #sorrowland #akwaeke emezi #PET #BITTER #Jaqueline Koayanagi #Jaqueline Koayanagi - ascension #otter lieffe #margins and murmurations #ursula k. le guin #the left hand of darkness #tlhod #Becky Chambers #to be taught if fortunate #octavia Butler #xenogenesis #chana porter #the seep #tamsyn muir #the locked tomb #ray nyler #the mountain in the sea #starhawk #the fifth sacred thing #ok that was exhausting. bye

[sterekbros]

It's me, Liam, your Wayfarer Fandom Ambassador for @fandomtrumpshate!

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#becky chambers #the long way to a small angry planet #wayfarers #a psalm for the wild built #wayfarers series #the galaxy and the ground within #a record of a spaceborn few #a closed and common orbit #to be taught if fortunate #a prayer for the crown shy #monk and robot #Ashby Santoso #wayfarer #Rosemary Harper #Sissix Seshkethet #scifi #ohana #kizzy shao #jenks #lovey #fth 2024 #fth #fandom trumps hate

[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

#novella #novellas #to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #21st century literature #english language literature #american literature #book polls #completed polls #have you read this short fiction?

[schatz-e]

“Don't believe the lie of individual trees, each a monument to its own self-made success. A forest is an interdependent community. Resources are shared, and life in isolation is a death sentence.”

Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

#to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #book quotes #novella

[nekohrine]

happy ace day from me and some of my fav and current CANON ACE reads! 💜

#I’m so glad I’m too lazy to make an actual bookstagram #i had to make a post for my library’s ig and my brain has been altered since #anyway #these are my Beloveds #casey richards is the casey i stole my name from #I haven’t finished ‘to be taught if fortunate’ yet but I might today #I WASN’T EXPECTING IT TO HAVE AN ACE CHARACTER #l o v e #tj klune #how to be a normal person #casey richards #ve schwab #v. e. schwab #vicious #villains duology #vengeful #victor vale #becky chambers #to be taught if fortunate #chikondi #chikondi daka #asexual #asexuality #ace pride #asexual pride #bookblr

[creature-reads]

#red rising #pierce brown #jane fonda #jade city #to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #three body problem #cixin liu #imperial radch #anne leckie #terra ignota #ada palmer #bookblr #book reccs

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || February 21 || All The Feels:  Becky Chamber’s Writing!

#Becky Chambers #Wayfarers Series #To Be Taught If Fortunate #justonemorepage #jompbpc #book photo challenge #book photography #books #Not Out of Void But Out of Chaos #bpc catch up

[seashell-telephone]

To be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers

“In the future, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the galaxy transform themselves”

This type of speculative fiction feels almost too real, and it made me think that yea.. in this world scenario, these very big decisions would make anyone crazy if they had to make them alone. This story is scifi from a very vulnerable human perspective and its beautiful and kinda scary, but in a good way. By the end i was feeling emotional and oddly sad. Not because of the ethical and philosophical theme, or because the ending was depressing, but because of the dilemma that the book ended with. And i agreed with the point made in the end, that how we feel about the things we do matters just as much as actually doing them.

#as always with this author there is the sense of.. #you cant do it all alone #we need each other and we need compassion to be able to do the big important stuff in life #in whatever form that takes #digital journal #mine #september #2023 #reading journal #books #finished books #book review #speculative fiction #science fiction #becky chambers #to be taught if fortunate

[readtilyoudie]

I’m an observer, not a conqueror. I have no interest in changing other worlds to suit me. I choose the lighter touch: changing myself to suit them.

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

#book quote #to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #sci-fi #queer #quote #quotes #booklr #bookblr

[cannontranscharacteroftheday]

Trans Character of the Day

Jack from To Be Taught if Fortunate is a trans man and uses he/him pronouns!

#jack #to be taught if fortunate #trans man #trans character #transgender #canon trans character #trans characters #trans character of the day #he/him #transmasc character #trans boy

[razreads]

Hope isn't about predicting the future; it's about how you approach it.

Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

#razreads #book quote #to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #hope #future #optimism #seize that tuesday #queue have a good day now