The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

I discovered this novella on a list of "best short books." The writing is efficent and the author sets up the dystopia scenario with a brisk, yet mostly effective sketching of a universe in which humans have vacated Earth and now live on mining ships. Although there is an arc to the story, it feels more like an outline with shadows of potential rather than fully fleshed out art with characters who are more than stick figures. I'm not unhappy that I read it, yet am dispointed that there wasn't more to it.