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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 Solar System

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I was disappointed initially with this book as it wasn't about the Wayfarer and it's crew. Instead about peripheral characters from the first book. This book somehow manages to mix events in current time with a back story of one of the characters. Usually this is irritating and loses the momentum of the story, but not in this case. The two stories are intertwined, and have excellent character development.

Brilliant follow up book.

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Loved this second book in this series. Interesting to see how each character evolves. Great narrator!!!

Loved it again

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Out of all the Wayfarers books, this has gotta be my favorite! The backstory is amazing along with the progression of the main story, really well done.

My cup of Mek🍵

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My first reaction in beginning to listen to this was I would have liked there to be more characters common with first book but as I got further into the book I began to fall in love with the new characters, I grew to love them all but I especially loved Tak.

Another great character driven story from Becky where I cared about every one of the characters that the book focused on and that's rare for a book to do. The narration was once again great. I can't wait to read/listen the next one when it comes out and probably anything else Becky writes after that.

Loved it!

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I loved Book 1 and this, despite leaving most of those characters behind was even better. Several teary moments at the end! This series seems to be about tolerance, acceptance, empathy, finding one's place and purpose, and many other things. There are also moments where characters have to act against someone's ill but for their own good. As I get further into the series I am seeing deeper things to chew on.

Even better than Book 1

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Both the universe and the story are undoubtedly result of a briliant mind. Oh and the narration.. I couldn't imagine a better one.
I finished this book sitting on a train and trying to get some rest. I can't honestly remember the last time I cried but the ending of this book actually made me take my glasses off and wipe the tears from my eyes. I would never imagine getting this emotional over a story involving an AI. So thank you to both Becky and Patricia for this amazing experience.

Great Book.

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At first I was disappointed that the full cast of book 1 were not in this one but as the story developed it became a delicate and feeling look at the progression from childhood to adult on more than the obvious level. A pleasant and satisfying read and I hope that there will be a 3rd.

A pleasant suprise

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I can't wait for my children to be old enough to read this. Hope no-one tries to turn this into a movie.

Brilliant. Just brilliant

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Told in parallel tracks of past, the tale of several people treated unjustly and unfeelingly by society because of who they are, and their struggles to overcome this together.

Moving

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This book is brilliant in a completely different way to the first in the series. To me, the biggest pull of this book has been to see the development of the communication styles between different characters and to watch them find their place in society and in themselves. I found this to be such a fantastic demonstration of how different life forms and species (or, in essence, different brains) can interact with each other and help each other. It was so lovely to watch Jane and Owl's story unfold and see the 2 paths come together in such a brilliant way.

I also think this is a great fiction read for anyone learning about Neurodiversity, as I feel that we can learn a lot about how patience and empathy can make such a difference in communication here. As someone who grew up with ASD/ADHD without knowing about it I really resonated with a lot of the feelings going on in the early parts of this book, in a lot of ways.

Amazing demonstration of communication styles

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