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Cover of How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches collection)

How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches collection)

James S. A. Corey ()

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

GriefHeartbreak

Positive tags

Self-DiscoverySecond ChanceHopeful Ending

Tropes

Interstellar PoliticsMultiple POVsColony WorldLost ColonyMorally Gray ProtagonistGeneration Ship

Themes

Second ChancesRegretIdentityMemoryRelationshipsHopePersonal Redemption

Synopsis

An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhilarating short story by James S. A. Corey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Expanse series. Roy Court and his crew are taking the trip of a lifetime—several lifetimes in fact—duplicated and dispatched across the galaxies searching for Earthlike planets. Many possibilities for the future. Yet for Roy, no matter how many of him there are, there’s still just one painful, unchangeable past. In what world can a broken relationship be reborn? The universe is so vast, there’s always room for hope. James S. A. Corey’s How It Unfolds is part of The Far Reaches , a collection of science-fiction stories that stretch the imagination and open the heart. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.

Tags

Literary SFCharacter-DrivenShort FictionPhilosophical SF