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2. Orbital (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Orbital is a 2023 novel by English writer Samantha Harvey that incorporates elements of science fiction, [3] [4] literary fiction, and philosophical drama, published by Jonathan Cape in the UK and by Grove Atlantic in the US. It follows six fictional astronauts over 24 hours on an orbiting space station.

3. Samantha Harvey - Wikipedia

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   Samantha Harvey (born 1975) is an English novelist. She won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which drew on conventions from multiple genres and fields, including literary fiction , science fiction , and philosophy .

4. 'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey Wins the 2024 Booker Prize - AOL

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   $17.97 at amazon.com. Orbital. Samantha Harvey's Orbital follows a 24-hour period in the lives of six astronauts on the International Space Station. "By positioning the entire planet within a ...

5. British author Samantha Harvey wins Booker with space story - AOL

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   British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize award with her novel Orbital, the first book set in space to win the prize. Orbital contemplates the world from a different viewpoint ...

6. 'Orbital,' which looks down on Earth in awe, wins the 2024 ...

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   Samantha Harvey, author of "Orbital," took home the award Tuesday. The book focuses on a single day in the life of the astronauts on the ISS, where they discuss fears, dreams and the fragility of ...

7. 2024 Booker Prize - Wikipedia

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   Orbital was the first novel set in space to win the Booker Prize. [8] Edmund de Waal stated regarding Harvey: "With her language of lyricism and acuity Harvey makes our world strange and new for us." de Waal also stated that the novel showed the beauty of the world we all share as well as its fragility. [9]

8. British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital ...

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   Harvey beat five other finalists from Canada, the United States, Australia and the Netherlands, chosen from among 156 novels submitted by publishers. American writer Percival Everett had been the bookies’ favorite to win with “James,” which reimagines Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” from the point of view of its main Black character ...

9. Samantha Harvey becomes first woman since 2019 to win Booker ...

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   British author Samantha Harvey has become the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize. Her book Orbital, about astronauts looking down at Earth, was named as the winner of the £50,000 ...