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A Closed and Common Orbit

Wayfarers, Book 2

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A Closed and Common Orbit

By: Becky Chambers
Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
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Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body following a total system shutdown 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. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet introduced listeners to the incredible imagination of Becky Chambers and has been nominated for any number of awards and accolades, including the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction, the Tiptree Award, the Kitschies Golden Tentacle and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

A Closed and Common Orbit is the stand-alone sequel to The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and is perfect for fans of Firefly, Joss Whedon, Mass Effect and Star Wars.

©2016 Becky Chambers (P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction Heartfelt Solar System
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I love this exploration of what it means to be human. The story takes you a long and the characters are believable.

I'm emmersed

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Loved the book, character lead story with real emotional reach. This is not like any sci-fi novel I have read (unless it's by Becky Chambers). I love the gentle pace and the character development. I want to read more.

Gentle feel great SciFi

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Excellent story, characters and themes. Couldn't put it down. A great follow up to her previous book. Worth noting the exceptional narrator who really poured emotion into the characters. Can't wait for the next book.

Amazing

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Having read the first book I was keen to get to the sequel. Certainly this wasn't what I expected but it was a real treat. The story of Pepper is lovingly crafted here, with the back story running in parallel to current day.

Overall a worthy sequel to the first. In many ways I actually enjoyed it more than book 1.

Lovely story

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excellent book I thpught i guessed the end but it turned out I didn't.
plus a great voice doing the reading really helped.

great listen

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