A Closed and Common Orbit
Wayfarers 2
Published on 15. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-4736-2147-3 (ISBN)
Description
'NEVER LESS THAN DEEPLY INVOLVING' DAILY MAIL
'SO MUCH FUN' HEAT
'WARM, ENGAGING' GUARDIAN
A warm, comforting, big-hearted stand-alone set in the same world as the award-winning The Long way to Small Angry Planet.
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.
READERS LOVE BECKY CHAMBERS
'An emotional read' ?????
'Wonderful, humane SF' ?????
'It's a gentle and sweet read' ?????
'Chambers is truly a master of Character Driven fiction' ?????
'This world she has built is a vibrant, eclectic, multi-cultural joy to read about' ?????
'SO MUCH FUN' HEAT
'WARM, ENGAGING' GUARDIAN
A warm, comforting, big-hearted stand-alone set in the same world as the award-winning The Long way to Small Angry Planet.
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.
READERS LOVE BECKY CHAMBERS
'An emotional read' ?????
'Wonderful, humane SF' ?????
'It's a gentle and sweet read' ?????
'Chambers is truly a master of Character Driven fiction' ?????
'This world she has built is a vibrant, eclectic, multi-cultural joy to read about' ?????
Reviews / Votes
PRAISE FOR THE WAYFARERS Never less than deeply involving * DAILY MAIL * Chambers is simply an exceptional talent * TOR.COM * So much fun to read * HEAT * Joyously written and a joy to read. * Claire North on THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET * The most fun that I've had with a novel in a long, long time * iO9 * Explores the quieter side of sci-fi while still wowing us with daring leaps of imagination * iBOOKS * Exceptional... Chambers is a true talent and writer to watch * POP VERSE * Warm, engaging, properly science-fictional, A Closed and Common Orbit is a very likable novel indeed * GUARDIAN * Becky Chambers writes aliens like no one else ... the only flaw in this series is you'll wish you could spend more time with all of them * NPR 50 Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Books of the Past Decade *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
269 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4736-2147-3 (9781473621473)
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Additional editions
E-Book
10/2016
1st Edition
Hodderscape
€6.99
Available for download
Person
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.
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.