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Orbital by Samantha Harvey

A book of wonder, Orbital is nature writing from space and an unexpected and profound love letter to life on Earth

The earth, from here, is like heaven. It flows with colour. A burst of hopeful colour.

Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft above the earth. They are there to collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. 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. The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams. So far from earth, they have never felt more part – or protective – of it. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is Earth without humanity?

Book Condition	
New

Cover	
Paperback

Size	
175 pages

Published	
June 27, 2024 by Vintage

Genre	
Fiction, Contemporary, Science Fiction

Awards	
Booker Prize (2024),
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2024),
Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Nominee (2024)

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