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Harvey, Samantha, 1975-

Orbital / Samantha Harvey. - London : Jonathan Cape, 2023. - 136 pages : illustration ; 21 cm

First published in US by Grove Press, 2023.

Life on our planet as you’ve never seen it before: in this spellbinding and uplifting novel six astronauts rotate in the International Space Station. They are there to do vital work, but slowly they begin to wonder: what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?

Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents, and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day.

Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction.

ISBN: 1787334341 9781787334342

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC3G9624 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 021199681 Uk

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Space--Fiction.
Astronauts--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Science fiction.

LC Class. No.: PR6108.A7875 / O73 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92