The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

  1. Home
  2. Science fiction
  1. Home
  2. Genres
  3. Science fiction
To be taught, if fortunate

Paperback • 2020 • English • 1. edition

To be taught, if fortunate: a novella

By Chambers, Becky

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using synthetic biological supplementations. They can produce antifreeze in sub-zero temperatures, absorb radiation and convert it for food, and conveniently adjust to the pull of different gravitational forces. With the fragility of the body no longer a limiting factor, human beings are at las...Show more

Science fiction

Book details

ISBN

9781473697188

Publisher

Hodder

Published year

2020

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

To be taught, if fortunate

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

Aerth

Aerth

Deborah Tompkins

In Ascension

In Ascension

Martin MacInnes

Orbital A Novel

Orbital A Novel

Samantha Harvey

Ten Planets: Stories

Ten Planets: Stories

Yuri Herrera

The Terraformers

The Terraformers

Annalee Newitz

Audition

Audition

Pip Adam

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

The Employees A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

The Employees A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

Olga Ravn

Axiom’s End

Axiom’s End

Lindsay Ellis

The supernova era

The supernova era

Cixin Liu

Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut

Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut

Samantha Cristoforetti

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Becky Chambers

Mare Internum

Mare Internum

Der-shing Helmer

Unearthed

Unearthed

Meagan Spooner

The Terranauts

The Terranauts

T. C. Boyle

Night Without Stars

Night Without Stars

Peter F. Hamilton

Nemesis

Nemesis

Alex Lamb

Chasing the Stars

Chasing the Stars

Malorie Blackman

Nod Away

Nod Away

Joshua Cotter

All the birds in the sky

All the birds in the sky

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers

Time Salvager

Time Salvager

Wesley Chu

The book of the unnamed midwife

The book of the unnamed midwife

Meg Elison

Shades of Earth

Shades of Earth

Beth Revis

2312

2312

Kim Stanley Robinson

172 hours on the moon

172 hours on the moon

Johan Harstad

Seeds of Earth

Seeds of Earth

Michael Cobley

Heaven's Shadow

Heaven's Shadow

David S. Goyer

Awaken

Awaken

Katie Kacvinsky

Genesis

Genesis

Bernard Beckett

Schild's ladder

Schild's ladder

Transcendent

Transcendent

Stephen Baxter

The sunborn

The sunborn

Gregory Benford

Star Maker

Star Maker

Olaf Stapledon

Threshold

Threshold

Janet Morris

A Thunder of Stars

A Thunder of Stars

Dan Morgan

The Gods Themselves

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

Not In Solitude

Not In Solitude

Kenneth F.

The long cosmos

The long cosmos

Terry Pratchett