A Closed and Common Orbit
Wayfarers 2
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- 6,99 €
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- 6,99 €
Publisher Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 HUGO AWARD AND THE ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD. WINNER OF THE 2017 PRIX JULIA-VERLANGER.
'Chambers is simply an exceptional talent' Tor.com
The stand-alone sequel to the award-winning The Long Way to a 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.
PRAISE FOR THE WAYFARERS
'Never less than deeply involving' DAILY MAIL
'Explores the quieter side of sci-fi while still wowing us with daring leaps of imagination' iBOOKS
'So much fun to read' HEAT
'Warm, engaging, properly science-fictional, A Closed and Common Orbit is a very likable novel indeed' GUARDIAN
'The most fun that I've had with a novel in a long, long time' iO9
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Following on the heels of her acclaimed debut, Becky Chambers takes us back into outer space, this time in the company of friends and co-conspirators Lovey and Pepper. A sci-fi adventure that’s full of heart, A Closed and Common Orbit can be enjoyed whether or not you read the previous book. We love Chambers’ colloquial, modern take on the hallmarks of classic sci-fi: starships, artificial intelligence, and tongue-twisting lingo. Her references to identity politics make the story feel genuinely topical—we accompany Lovey as she adjusts to a new body and watch Pepper make peace with her past as “Jane 23” at a robot-run sweatshop.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This worthy sequel to Chambers's lovely debut, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, again features marvelously detailed aliens, a universe full of carefully observed peculiarities, and a friendly, soothing atmosphere. This time, though, there's more emotional weight and depth, adding a necessary ominous shading to Chambers's generally calming voice. It's illegal for AIs to have bodies that can be mistaken for those of other sentient beings, but Lovelace downloaded herself into a human-form body on her first day of existence, more to help her ship's crew than by her real choice. Now, assisted by friendly tech Pepper, Lovelace has to figure out her new identity and make a new life for herself, including how to hack various portions of her own code to keep from being caught and destroyed. Simultaneously, Pepper's backstory as a cloned factory slave on a rogue planet that doesn't adhere to galactic laws is brought to the forefront, since not everything from her past can or should remain in the past. Chambers's clean, careful prose and beautiful pacing and structure keep the narrative engrossing from beginning to end.
