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Nebula Award Finalist for Best Novella

Named a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2024 by Esquire, The New York Times, SLATE, The Washington Post, and ELLE

"I am in love with Sofia Samatar's lyricism and the haunting beauty of her imagination. Her stories linger, like the memory of a sumptuous feast."--N. K. Jemisin

A Most Anticipated in 2024 Pick for Goodreads LitHub Book Riot She Reads The Nerd Daily New Scientist

Celebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhausted dreamer in this brilliant science fiction novella tackling the carceral state and violence embedded in the ivory tower while embodying the legacy of Ursula K. Le Guin.

The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out among the stars. His whole world changes--literally--when he is yanked "upstairs" and informed he has been given an opportunity to be educated at the ship's university alongside the elite.

Overwhelmed and alone, the boy forms a bond with the woman he comes to know as "the professor," a weary idealist and descendent of the Chained who has spent her career striving for validation from her more senior colleagues, only to fall short at every turn.

Together, the boy and the woman will embark on a transformative journey to grasp the design of the chains that fetter them both--and are the key to breaking free.

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  • Title The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
  • Author Sofia Samatar
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tordotcom
  • Publication date 2024-04-16
  • ISBN 9781250881809 / 1250881803
  • Weight 0.2 lbs (0.09 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5 x 0.5 in (20.07 x 12.70 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Interplanetary voyages
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6

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  • Booklist, 03/08/2024, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 03/01/2024, Page 13
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/19/2024, Page 0
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