returning to earth
November 13, 2024 7:16 PM   Subscribe

“To look at the Earth from space is like a child looking into a mirror and realizing for the first time that the person in the mirror is herself” [ap: Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel ‘Orbital’ (g) wins the Booker Prize for fiction]
posted by HearHere (3 comments total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
So I haven't read the book yet. My question is, is it science fiction, or just naturalistic fiction that happens to be set on the International Space Station?
posted by newdaddy at 7:42 PM on November 13 [1 favorite]


I’m told the latter.
posted by Whale Oil at 7:47 PM on November 13


Yes, the latter. I just read it and found it quite good!
posted by sigmagalator at 8:08 PM on November 13


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