a closed and common orbit – Cannonball Read 17

“Most sapients confuse working hard with being miserable.”

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

September 19, 2024 by cheerbrarian 2 Comments

I was so confident that I would like Becky Chambers’ Wayferer series that when I snagged the first book the library, I grabbed the entire trilogy. Why waste time?? I was so excited to start book two and continue exploring the galaxy with Ashby, Rosemary and the rest of the crew of the Wayfarer. So it was a very rude awakening to discover that this second book has absolutely nothing to do with them. At first I was rather disappointed, but once I shook that […]

Choice, Purpose and Design

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

September 6, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

While A Closed and Common Orbit deals with the aftermath of the events The Long Way to Small, Angry Planet, it can be read independently. The novel alternates between the view points of two characters. Lovelace/Sidra’s perspective takes place directly after the other novel, and Jane’s chapters take place about 20 years prior, and explore how she ended up escaping a planet where she was genetically engineered for one specific function/job. This isn’t a spoiler since Pepper was introduced in the previous novel as a […]

“She was glad to have met someone who liked to read.” (Double Bingo)

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

July 30, 2019 by Malin 6 Comments

#CBR11 Bingo: Cannonballer Says (recommended by Carriejay, faintingviolet, emmalita, dAvid, tillie, badkittyuno and Narfna, among others) Official book description: 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 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 […]

“Are we going for an anchor or a compass? A memory to ground you, or a spark to guide you forward?”

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

April 30, 2019 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

In early April I made the choice to put my limited free time (so, so limited in late March and early April) into a complete rewatch of Game of Thrones before the series came back for its final series. I also picked up and put down two different books earlier this month, just not feeling any of them. When it was time to travel for Easter, with a total of four flights, I reached for a sure-fire winner: A Closed and Common Orbit. I loved […]

Maybe you’re a misfit, too. Doesn’t mean you’re not deserving. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be here.

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

January 8, 2019 by Dusty Highway 6 Comments

My first CBR last year was eye-opening, to say the least. I paid more attention to my reading than I have since college, and I also paid fresh attention to my book choices after being confronted by the ugly truth of my blindspot for women authors. And though not every book was a winner, I did fall in love with a number of books and authors new to me, including Becky Chambers and her delightful The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, one of […]

A Spark to Guide You Forward

May 9, 2018 by Emmalita 4 Comments

I think if there is such a sub-genre as “cozy sci-fi”, Becky Chambers is one of it’s lead writers. A Closed and Common Orbit is the sequel to Becky Chambers debut novel, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Even more than it’s predecessor, this book is more concerned with the interactions of it’s characters than with action or adventure. At the end of Small Angry Planet, the Wayfarer’s AI, Lovelace, “Lovey,” is damaged in an unprovoked attack. To save Lovey, she is downloaded into a […]

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