A Closed and Common Orbit

by Becky Chambers

Audiobook

English language

Published Oct. 20, 2016 by Hodder & Stoughton.

ISBN:: 978-1-4736-2146-6

(5 reviews)

Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has to start over in a synthetic body, in a world where her kind are illegal. She's never felt so alone.

But she's not alone, not really. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall Lovelace, is determined to help her adjust to her new world. Because Pepper knows a thing or two about starting over.

Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that, huge as the galaxy may be, it's anything but empty.

7 editions

Rapha reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

lovely

5 stars

Yet again a wonderful exposee on (mostly non-) human kindness.

Lauma Pret reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

Review of 'A Closed and Common Orbit' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This book is not about whether (g)AI could be people. It is about how does it feel when someone doesn't see personhood in you or in someone you love.

coldwave@book.dansmonorage.blue reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

even better than previous

No rating

More feel-good scifi. (No spoilers:) It's Pepper backstory, and another minor character from A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. I think this one benefits a lot from taking it slowly and focussing on just two characters.

Michael reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

Review of 'A Closed and Common Orbit' on 'GoodReads'

5 stars

A wonderful sequel

This book went an entirely different direction from the first in the series, yet it was just as enjoyable. My favorite part of the book was the structure in which the two stories were told in parallel, coming together into a great finish. Can't wait for the third one!