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Samantha Harvey's 'Orbital' Wins 2024 Booker Prize

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Samantha Harvey's 'Orbital' Wins 2024 Booker Prize
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Samantha Harvey's novel 'Orbital,' set on the International Space Station, has won the Booker Prize in Fiction. The book, which unfolds over 24 hours, follows six astronauts from various countries as they navigate life in space, highlighting themes of global unity and cooperation. This marks Harvey's first Booker win, having been longlisted previously, and 'Orbital' is notable for being the first space-set novel to receive the award.

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  1. Samantha Harvey Wins Booker Prize for Space-Station Novel Orbital  Vulture
  2. Booker Prize Is Awarded to Samantha Harvey’s ‘Orbital’  The New York Times
  3. ‘This is a book we need now’: Sara Collins on choosing this year’s Booker winner  The Guardian
  4. 'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize  NPR
  5. British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction  The Associated Press

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