Comfortable and charming just like the rest of the Wayfarers series, it's always nice to read Chambers work which is filled with such optimism and kindness about people in such an imperfect Galaxy. There's probably a good essay to written about how much of Chambers Wayfarers Galaxy could rightly be a dystopia in another authors hands but Chambers always looks for the best in writing their characters and that's why this series is just so lovely to read. 

It didn't quite grab me in the same way as some of the other entries in the series, especially Record of a Spaceborn Few, but it seems everyone has their favourites in this series that happen to speak to them and although the series loosely ties together around the themes of communication, decency, and consideration each entry is different in how it approaches telling those stories. 

The Galaxy and the Ground Within takes five people stuck together at a rest stop for a few days and explores their commonalities, struggles, and differences along the way. Though they're more the Charming Five rather than the Hateful Eight. Awful line but I'm leaving that in. 

As always it's a delight to spend time with a Wayfarers book and it's sad there won't be more coming in the series but it was worth the ride nevertheless and there will always be rereads.