From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/6/2025 11:22 AM, James Nicoll wrote:   
   > 2017: The Royal College of Nursing's alarming description of conditions   
   > in the NHS inspires the government to do worse, the Tories succeed in   
   > freezing British lifespans after a century of progress, and the UK   
   > begins that political equivalent of autoerotic asphyxiation known as   
   > Brexit.   
   >   
   > Which 2017 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?   
   > The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead   
   > A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers   
   > After Atlas by Emma Newman   
   > Central Station by Lavie Tidhar   
   > Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee   
   > Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan   
   >   
   > Another year where I have read half of them: the Chambers, the Newman,   
   > and the Lee.   
      
   "A Closed and Common Orbit" by Becky Chambers to which I gave 5 out of 5   
   stars.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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