Hundreds of years before our story starts, humans fled the dying Earth in search of a new place to settle. What happened to the Exodus Fleet instead, however, was generations of humans living on the ships of the fleet, floating in outer space even after they make contact with other sentient species. Record of a Spaceborn Few is just that — the stories of a handful of mostly unconnected Exodans who live on a ship of the fleet. There's a caretaker who handles the composting and recycling of the dead; a teenager who can't wait to leave the fleet after graduating; a cargo worker whose husband's off-ship job leaves her caring for her kids and aging father solo; an archivist who is hosting a very non-human anthropologist on a research trip; and a young man who comes to the ship from a planet in search of a new life.
As with all of Chambers' books, this one is created with care and intention. All characters are three-dimensional and have understandable motives for their actions, even if we the readers don't agree with them. And as with all of her other books, I loved this one too. Highly recommended.
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