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@deborahh.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy Sep 16, 2026, 12:48 PM

A nice bit of prose, describing life in a fictional orbital space station. I never before imagined how that must be, the change from terrestrial days and nights.

From "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey, winner of the Booker Prize 2024.

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E-reader screenshot from "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey.

… when you wake, tell yourself this is the morning of a new day. Be clear with yourself on this matter. This is the morning of a new day.

And so it is, but in this new day they'll circle the earth sixteen times. They'll see sixteen sunrises and sixteen sunsets, sixteen days and sixteen nights. Roman clasps the handrail by the window to steady himself; the southern hemisphere stars are fleeting away. You're bound to Coordinated Universal Time, ground crews tell them. Be clear with yourself on this matter, always clear. Look of-ten at your watch to anchor your mind, tell yourself when you wake up: this is the morning of a new day.

And so it is. But it's a day of five continents and of autumn and spring, glaciers and deserts, …

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