Technically, what I possessed was synthetic reflectin, a protein naturally found in the skin of certain species of squid. I can think of at least one lab tech back home who would frown at me for calling it glitter. She explains how “somaforming” works and why she needs it on this mission by explaining how excited she is when she discovers that her skin is covered with:
From the moment the narrator, Ariadne, is woken because her ship has arrived at the moon, Aecor, we get to explore new places with her and learn what has made her exploration possible. And the reason you want to read it is the inventiveness of the universe-building.
The novella is about four people from earth who are doing an ecological survey of a moon and three planets orbiting a fictional red dwarf star. The title of Becky Chambers’ new novella, To Be Taught, if Fortunate, comes from the 1977 recording that went into space with Voyager: “we step out of our solar system into the universe seeking only peace and friendship-to teach, if we are called upon to be taught, if we are fortunate.”
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