The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Samatar, Sofia

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

Nebula Award Finalist for Best Novella Named a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2024 by Esquire, The New...
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Author: Sofia Samatar
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The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Samatar, Sofia

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

$29.29

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

$29.29
Author: Sofia Samatar
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.

Author: Sofia Samatar
Publisher: Tordotcom
Published: 04/16/2024
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781250881809


Award: Hugo Award - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2024 pg. 13
Publishers Weekly 02/19/2024
Booklist 03/08/2024

About the Author
Samatar, Sofia: - Sofia Samatar's first novel, A Stranger in Olondria, won the 2014 William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and was included in Time Magazine's list of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. She also received the 2014 Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Her novel The Winged Histories completed the Olondria duology, and was followed by Tender: Stories, Monster Portraits (with the artist Del Samatar), and The White Mosque: A Memoir. Sofia lives in Virginia and teaches at James Madison University.

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