The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

What was your first impressions of the crew, both as individuals and as a team? What did you of think Rosemary?

Can you understand Ashby's desire to want "more", for himself and for his crew?

What did you think of Lovey's pro and con list to having a body?

Did you agree with Dr. Chef's assessment that human games are all conquest based? What do you think that says about us?

What did you think of the worldbuilding in the book?

The idea of faster-than-light travel is something that comes up pretty regularly in sci-fi. Do you agree with the reasoning behind the ban in this universe?

Considering current debates of AI, how did you feel of Lovey’s and Jenks’ relationship? Should they move forward with their plain?

How might the ship robbery have been different if the Wayfarer were armed?

What scenes did you most funny?

There is a lot of focus on some of the different alien races and even human groups. What are your thoughts about them and on the various beliefs systems we encounter? Does anything specific pique your interest more than the rest?

Ashby gets the chance to give Pei a tour of his ship and introduce her to his crew, meanwhile Jenks and Lovey decide not to risk transferring the AI into a body just yet, and Rosemary initiates a relationship of sorts with Sissix. Were you happy to see any of these developments?

Cloning technology exists and is used in many sci-fi universes, but the GC does not look kindly on it and it is abomination to the Quelin. Did the reveal of Corbin’s nature change your view of the character?

Each chapter told a different and fairly self-contained story, without any big cliffhangers from one to the next. How did you feel about the pacing of the story? Are you satisfied with how long the long journey took?

What’s your take on the Toremi? Was the GC right to abandon their negotiations or could there have been a chance to make something of it?

A visit to a Solitary Sianat colony in “Heresy” provides a potential cure for Ohan’s illness, but they make it fairly clear they don’t want it – though there may be some debate about whether or not Ohan is in their right mind. Corbin takes matters into his own hands in that respect, and he does it in a crucial moment following the attack on the Wayfarer. Do you think Corbin did the right thing?

Ohan survives the attack on the ship, but Lovey (as we know her) doesn’t. Were you at all prepared for what happened to the AI? And in light of all that, do you think Pepper’s offered solution was the right one?

What scenes/moments do you remember best as your favorites, if any?

Could you see this novel as a movie or television show?