"Art and science are two loves that go hand in hand... they're both the search for the truth and they are very different ways of getting there." Eloquent and heartfelt.
When she had the tech Pepper insist on using her own tools was one thing that really sold it for me. As a tech myself I know that MY screwdriver "feels" right in my hand in a way that someone else's just doesn't.
I fell in love with the Wayfarer's series and still go back to it time and again as a comfy place with comfy characters. Thank you for making it for us all. But I think the one that hit the hardest for me is To Be Taught, If Fortunate. It captures the dilemma of exploration better than any book I've read and still chokes me up when I read it. Brilliant work. Thank you.
i literally was hoping Ursula K Le Guin would be the answer to biggest influences. I'd already realized i have the same sort of anticipation for Becky's books as i do for when im looking forward to reading a LeGuin book.
Becky Chambers: "... I really can't say anything other than 'it's got spaceships in it'." Me: *Inarticulate grabby hands* If she can get me to care profoundly about the fate of an interstellar gas station I'm not going to question whatever journey she takes me on next.
Late to the party, but can you guys call Ms. Chambers and tell her she got the mechanics of what a Tidally Locked Moon is incorrect? Great book regardless, but a tidally locked moon (Port Coriol) is not permanently dark on one side, just like our own moon isn't permanently dark on the "dark side".
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One of my favorite authors. So glad to see this. “What do people eat?” Fire shrimp and algae puffs of course!
"Art and science are two loves that go hand in hand... they're both the search for the truth and they are very different ways of getting there." Eloquent and heartfelt.
Love her stuff! My favorite book of hers is A Closed and Common Orbit
When she had the tech Pepper insist on using her own tools was one thing that really sold it for me. As a tech myself I know that MY screwdriver "feels" right in my hand in a way that someone else's just doesn't.
I fell in love with the Wayfarer's series and still go back to it time and again as a comfy place with comfy characters. Thank you for making it for us all. But I think the one that hit the hardest for me is To Be Taught, If Fortunate. It captures the dilemma of exploration better than any book I've read and still chokes me up when I read it. Brilliant work. Thank you.
Great interview. Monk and robots books were a lovely meditation of life.
She has become my favorite author!
"My friends would go out, and I would go home and watch Star Trek and play video games and read...." BECKY YOU ARE MY PEOPLE 🖖🏻
i literally was hoping Ursula K Le Guin would be the answer to biggest influences. I'd already realized i have the same sort of anticipation for Becky's books as i do for when im looking forward to reading a LeGuin book.
This was a wonderful conversation with one of my favorite authors. Thank you.
Becky Chambers: "... I really can't say anything other than 'it's got spaceships in it'."
Me: *Inarticulate grabby hands*
If she can get me to care profoundly about the fate of an interstellar gas station I'm not going to question whatever journey she takes me on next.
26:20 everyday life in this extraordinary future... The exciting things in the mundane...
oh man To Be Taught, If Fortunate makes so much sense when I hear about her family background.
So looking forward to a new book!
me too :) i am curious what her next book will be like.
Thanks for the video! Always interesting to hear authors talk about their work :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great interview.
You could always just take the Iain M Banks approach to naming things and just make it difficult and weird on purpose....😂
Late to the party, but can you guys call Ms. Chambers and tell her she got the mechanics of what a Tidally Locked Moon is incorrect? Great book regardless, but a tidally locked moon (Port Coriol) is not permanently dark on one side, just like our own moon isn't permanently dark on the "dark side".
True dat