A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers
A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers
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A Closed and Common Orbit

Author: Becky Chambers

Narrator: Rachel Dulude

Unabridged: 11 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/21/2019


Synopsis

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!A Publishers Weekly ""Best Books of 2017"" pick!Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel!Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award!Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger!Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through the galaxy with the motley crew of the spaceship Wayfarer in this fun and heart-warming space opera—the sequel to the acclaimed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.Lovelace was once merely a ship’s artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has no memory of what came before. As Lovelace learns to negotiate the universe and discover who she is, she makes friends with Pepper, an excitable engineer, who’s determined to help her learn and grow.Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that no matter how vast space is, two people can fill it together.The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet introduced listeners to the incredible world of Rosemary Harper, a young woman with a restless soul and secrets to keep. When she joined the crew of the Wayfarer, an intergalactic ship, she got more than she bargained for—and learned to live with, and love, her rag-tag collection of crewmates.A Closed and Common Orbit is the stand-alone sequel to that beloved debut novel, and is perfect for fans of Firefly, Joss Whedon, Mass Effect, and Star Wars.

About Becky Chambers

Becky Chambers is a science fiction author based in Northern California. She is best known for her Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series, which currently includes The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, and Record of a Spaceborn Few. Her books have also been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Locus Award, and the Women's Prize for Fiction, among others. Her most recent work is To Be Taught, If Fortunate, a standalone novella.Becky has a background in performing arts, and grew up in a family heavily involved in space science. She spends her free time playing video and tabletop games, keeping bees, and looking through her telescope. Having hopped around the world a bit, she’s now back in her home state, where she lives with her wife. She hopes to see Earth from orbit one day. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on March 13, 2021

An amazing amalgation of AI, childhood, the rights of sentient beings, the pure evil of consumerism, and motherhood. Chambers continues and expands social sci-fi ideas like a boss, switching between the past of a protagonist and the existential crisis of an AI reduced to a slow, boring, and inefficie......more

Goodreads review by Philip on August 02, 2021

4ish stars. Just as cute as the first book but with its own emotional depth, this goes further into exploring some interesting themes giving it a greater, more focused sense of purpose than TLWTASAP (whoa that's an intense acronym). Even more so than the first book, there's not much excitement. There......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on August 29, 2018

Re-read 8/28/18: I loved this even more the second time around, oh my lanta. Even though I knew what was going to happen I found myself tearing up because I just love these characters so much. I need 73823628 hugs. Original read 10/12/17: This book felt like a hug. So satisfying and lovely and warm.......more

Goodreads review by Emily on July 23, 2017

(4.5) I need to third one!......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on August 21, 2018

I've been looking forward to this sequel for some time and I feel kind of sad it STILL took me so long to get a copy of it! It follows two of the most interesting characters from The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Lovelace and Pepper, but it does so by filling in the gaps, jumping from the past......more