The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: Wayfarers 1

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His Name Really Is "Barkeep": Speaker's name in her native language turns out to be "Speaker": Akarak are so short-lived that they only have time to learn and perfect one skill in life, and hers is speaking fluent Klip. Sissix – An Aandrisk, and pilot of the Wayfarer. When she isn't flying the ship, she seems to spend the rest of her time arguing with Corbin.

Shed the Family Name: Rosemary changed her last name from Harris to Harper after the fallout from her father's arrest as part of her plan to get away from it and start a new life. In Spaceborn Few, the Exodus Fleet ships are likewise powered by movement of the crew inside them. Again, this is extremely unlikely to provide the required power for a massive Generation Ship. Ohan – A Sianat Pair, the ship's Navigator, they are able to understand the complexities of the sublayer. Without them, the Wayfarer's tunneling would be impossible. They keep to themself when not directing Sissix's piloting through the sublayer. But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptilian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running. Life on board is chaotic, but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants.The non-Human characters—primarily Sissix and Dr. Chef, but some others as well—will frequently think or talk about the many things about Humans that flummox them, such as their behavior or brain chemistry or extremely poor sense of smell, or even disgust them, like their scents or diets. That said, they also express things that they love about humanity, such as their tradition of eating meals together in big groups. Losing your temper is one thing, but you are part of a multispecies crew, and you need to be mindful of that. Especially with somebody new coming aboard. And on that note, I’m sorry you have concerns about her, but frankly, she’s not your problem. Rosemary was the Board’s suggestion, but agreeing to take her on was my call. If she’s a mistake, we’ll get someone new. But until then, we are all going to give her the benefit of the doubt. Regardless of how you feel about her, I expect you to make her feel welcome. In fact …’ A slow smile spread across Ashby’s face.

Translation Convention: Pepper's chapters from when she's 10 years old indicate that she and her fellow factory girls speak Sko-Ensk, a dialect of Ensk that appears to be prominent in the slum parts of the Earth. When she first starts learning Klip from Owl, a few words of it are shown in how they'd actually sound instead of being directly "translated." Once Pepper becomes more fluent, though, her dialogue is written in English with the narration indicating which language she's using at any particular moment. Does This Remind You of Anything?: Pei deciding what to do about her egg sounds very similar to deciding whether she's going to get an abortion. She doesn't really want to have kids, but she feels like she should and like she doesn't have a good enough reason not to get her egg fertilized, not helped by the fact there are lots of negative stereotypes about Aeluons in interspecies relationships "wasting" their eggs. Fantastic Slur: Corbin insults Sissix at several different points by calling her a "lizard"; despite the Aandrisks actually being lizard-like creatures, using this word to describe them is considered racist (or rather, speciest). He stops doing this after he takes a few levels in kindness.Tastes Better Than It Looks: Rosemary's reaction to the traditionally Exodan delicacy of Red Coast Bugs. Reversed when Sissix, an Aandrisk, is disgusted that a Solan human like Rosemary has eaten mammals.

Have you been in Sissix’s room yet?’ ‘No.’ ‘Okay, well, on her wall, there’s this big fancy frame with a mess of Aandrisk feathers hanging from it. Every Aandrisk’s got one, as far as I know. See, if you’re an Aandrisk and somebody really touches your life in some way, you give that person one of your feathers. And then you keep the feathers you get from others as a symbol of how many paths you’ve crossed. Having a lot of feathers on your wall shows that you’ve had an impact on a lot of people. That’s a pretty big life priority for most Aandrisks.” The Smart Guy: Artis Corbin, the scientist of the crew, who, as an algaeist, produces the ship's fuel. Rosemary thought of what Lovey said if you gave her one task too many: I’m sorry, but that’ll have to wait a moment. If I put anything more in my databanks, my processing streams will stall. And I hate that.”Cannot Tell a Lie: A huge problem for Sidra, as it's part of her programming as a Lovelace unit that she must answer direct questions honestly and must obey direct commands, which makes her wary of becoming too close to sapient lifeforms for fear that they'll find out the truth about her, and forces her to become very good at utilizing Exact Words. About 80% of the way through the book, she finally learns how to remove this thanks to a programming class she takes, and with Tak's help, successfully gets rid of it. In the ending, she's removed it from Owl as well. Corbin’s reply was predictable, even before he opened his mouth: ‘I didn’t have the time.’ Corbin had a habit of ignoring tasks that didn’t originate within his lab. ‘What the hell are you thinking, bringing aboard a kid like that?’ But Rosemary isn't the only person on board with secrets to hide, and the crew will soon discover that space may be vast, but spaceships are very small indeed. Punny Name: Port Coriol, a play on "corporeal". Changes to a Meaningful Name in the second book, which tells the story of two artificial humans, one a clone, the other an AI, living at the port who make new lives for themselves.

Of course I have. I told you all to read this file ages ago so you could get a feel for her before she arrived.’ Ashby had no idea what Corbin was getting at, but this was Corbin’s standard operating procedure. Complain first, explain later. Portal Network: The primary means of interstellar travel is a network of wormholes. Each wormhole is a permanent structure that only goes to one destination so tunneling ships like the Wayfarer are used to construct new wormholes between out-of-the-way systems and major trade centers. We Will Have Perfect Health in the Future: Downplayed; perfect health hasn't been achieved, but certain diseases and conditions are far less common. For one, people are baffled by Jenks' dwarfism, since his father comes from an isolated survivalist cult on Earth that shuns technology, including modern medicene.Add it: Goodreads Goodreads Summary: Rosemary Harper doe