| Author: | Becky Chambers |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Wayfarers series |
| Genre: | Science fiction |
| Publisher: | Harper Voyager (US) Hodder & Stoughton (UK) |
| Pub Date: | 2018 |
| Isbn: | 978-1473647640 |
| Preceded By: | A Closed and Common Orbit |
| Followed By: | The Galaxy, and the Ground Within |
Record of a Spaceborn Few is a 2018 science fiction novel by Becky Chambers, published by Harper Voyager in the US and Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. It is a sequel to The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and A Closed and Common Orbit.
The novel explores life in the Exodus fleet that was mentioned in passing in the preceding books, from the viewpoint of five characters: Tessa (sister of Ashby from The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet), a laborer and mother to two children; Kip, a restless teenager; Isabel, an elderly archivist; Sawyer, a recent immigrant; and Eyas, a "caretaker" who performs Exodan funerary practices.
Record of a Spaceborn Few was a finalist for the Red Tentacle (Best Novel) at the 2018 Kitschies[1] and the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel.[2]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | BSFA Award | Novel | [3] | |
| Goodreads Choice Awards | Science Fiction | |||
| Kitschies | Red Tentacle (Novel) | |||
| 2019 | Dragon Award | Science Fiction Novel | [4] | |
| Hugo Award | Novel | |||
| Locus Award | Science Fiction Novel |