--- product_id: 40024858 title: "A Closed and Common Orbit: A Heartwarming Space Opera of Friendship, Discovery, and Unlikely Bonds Across the Galaxy (Wayfarers, 2)" brand: "becky chambers" price: "₹ 1405" currency: INR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/40024858-a-closed-and-common-orbit-a-heartwarming-space-opera-friendship store_origin: IN region: India --- # A Closed and Common Orbit: A Heartwarming Space Opera of Friendship, Discovery, and Unlikely Bonds Across the Galaxy (Wayfarers, 2) **Brand:** becky chambers **Price:** ₹ 1405 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Closed and Common Orbit: A Heartwarming Space Opera of Friendship, Discovery, and Unlikely Bonds Across the Galaxy (Wayfarers, 2) by becky chambers - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 1405 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/40024858-a-closed-and-common-orbit-a-heartwarming-space-opera-friendship) ## Best For - becky chambers enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted becky chambers brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description National Bestseller! Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! A Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2017" pick! Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel! Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award! Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger! Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through the galaxy with the motley crew of the spaceship Wayfarer in this fun and heart-warming, character-driven space opera―the sequel to the acclaimed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Lovelace was once merely a ship’s artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has no memory of what came before. As Lovelace, a newly sentient AI, 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 can fill it together. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet introduced readers to the incredible world of Rosemary Harper, a young woman with a restless soul and secrets to keep. When she joined the crew of the Wayfarer, an intergalactic ship, she got more than she bargained for―and learned to live with, and love, her rag-tag collection of crewmates. A Closed and Common Orbit is the stand-alone sequel to that beloved debut novel, a compelling dual timeline story perfect for fans of Firefly, Joss Whedon, Mass Effect, and Star Wars. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Book 2 Of 4 | Wayfarers | | Dimensions | 5.31 x 0.86 x 8 inches | | Isbn 10 | 0062569406 | | Isbn 13 | 978-0062569400 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print Length | 384 pages | | Publication Date | March 14, 2017 | | Publisher | Harper Voyager | ## Images ![A Closed and Common Orbit: A Heartwarming Space Opera of Friendship, Discovery, and Unlikely Bonds Across the Galaxy (Wayfarers, 2) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/810Zc5nQXbS.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very different from the first book but still excellent. *by on Reviewed in the United States August 10, 2022* Series Info/Source: This is the second book in the Wayfarers series. There are four books in this series. I bought a copy of this ebook from my Kindle.Thoughts: This was another wonderful installment in this series. I was a bit sad to leave the Wayfarer crew behind and be stuck planet-side for this book, but it was still an excellent story. This story follows Lovey (Lovelace, the Wayfarer's AI) as she adjusts to her new (illegal) human-like body. Pepper is helping Lovey navigate her new situation.The story alternates between present-day with Pepper/Lovey/Blue and the past where we follow a character named Jane, who we quickly find out is actually Pepper as a kid. There are heavy themes about artificial intelligence again, which is a theme Chambers really likes to explore (I also just finished reading the most recent Monk & Robot book, that whole series is very focused on AI).This is very much more a space opera type of book than a sci-fi adventure one. I missed the Wayfarer crew and their adventures through space. This story is about what it means to be human; it is thought-provoking and heart-breaking at times. The characters are incredibly well done and I loved all the different alien cultures. We spend a lot of time watching Pepper get some closure and watching Lovey figure out what it means to have a body and will of her own.The writing here is incredibly easy to read and well done. I love Chambers' writing style; it's very engaging and personable. I did miss the broader more action-packed plot that was present in the first book. This story is isolated to one location and is a very personal story for Lovey and Pepper; there really aren't politics, adventure, or any action scenes involved. So, while I adored this story, it was much different from what I was expecting going in.My Summary (4.5/5): Overall this story ended up being a lot different from what I was expecting but I still really loved it. Chambers is an amazing writer and creates such believable characters. I enjoyed the alien races and discussion about what makes a race sentient. There is a lot of discussion about AI as well, which is always interesting. I would recommend this series to those who enjoy the more intelligent and softer side of sci-fi; there is a lot of food for thought here and the characters are incredibly engaging. I am eager to read the third book in the series, "Record of a Spaceborn Few". ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Becky Chambers Delivers Another Wonderful Sci-Fi Novel *by on Reviewed in the United States November 22, 2016* Becky Chambers' second novel continues in the Wayfarers universe and is equally wonderful, albeit a little less fun. My favorite part of her debut "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" was the interaction between the diverse crew which was witty, positive, and entertaining. The characters here are just as complex and wonderfully drawn up, but the tone is a little more serious this go-around. The story is very focused and forgoes more of the "side quest" adventures of the first novel and instead the world building is accomplished through Lovelace's forays into new places as she experiences new cultures, learns social norms, and tries various food and drink in her "kit" (aka her body) for the first time.The novel switches back and forth each chapter between the current day adventures of Lovelace and the past trials of a girl named Jane, from which one end story line eventually develops. This leads to probably my biggest gripe with the story: there is no real "end goal" in sight until very late in the book. The stakes are already relatively low in the Wayfarers universe, which is wonderful and by design. Instead of "saving the universe" we get to experience the wonderful worlds and shared cultures of the everyday residents as they go about their daily lives. The unfortunate downside to this is that we as the reader still want to feel like we're on some sort of adventure with an end goal in mind. With ACaCO, that end goal is kept hidden away from us until about 3/4 of the way through the book so you feel like you are just going through the motions a bit with seemingly unrelated chapters and events (especially in the current timeline) until Jane's story is fleshed out.What I love about the Wayfarers books is that Chambers has crafted a wonderfully accepting universe where many different cultures live in relative peace and are mostly accepting of everyone. Residents are sex-positive, accepting of different lifestyles, species, and colors, and generally seem to be better off as a shared community. Chambers has still found soft spots with which to make us think, however. Lovelace is an AI and her sentience is not recognized (or authorized) in a body kit - but what makes her so different from so many of the other characters we meet? You'll have an opportunity to decide for yourself as Chambers raises many wonderful moral questions and puts her characters in situations where they have to face those questions and challenges head on. It provides you with the opportunity to reflect on your own personal views and doesn't provide a clear answer or judgement. You need to decide for yourself.While not as lighthearted, fun, and adventurous as her debut TLWTASAP, this follow-up offers the same wonderful universe, rich character development, and positive outlook previously experienced in the Wayfarers universe. Tonally it is a bit more serious, but it is still a positive and uplifting story that poses many interesting questions. I can't wait to read the next book! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ changing the shape of the story to better suit its purpose *by on Reviewed in the United States November 6, 2017* A Closed and Common Orbit is the sequel to Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. I read it right on the heels of its predecessor (Wayfarers #1), and am grateful that I did. Had I not, I don’t know that the transformation in the narrative would have been as stark to me. Where Long Way told the story of a group of characters (a team, a family, a what-have-you), Closed and Common is essentially two stories – each of one person. This allows the narrative to blossom, changing the shape of the story to better suit its purpose. Much as Orson Scott Card’s Speaker for the Dead evolved the narrative that Ender’s Game began, so too does Closed and Common stand as an evolution of the story Long Way started.Many of the things I praised Becky Chambers for in Long Way are not present in this book; here she doesn’t make space feel so wide open and dangerous and beautiful, but instead makes cities and planets feel small and special and homey. Similarly, she doesn’t spread her attention equally among a cast of characters as she so expertly did in her first book, but keeps us near to two women whose paired stories illuminate the universe held within Closed and Common. This isn’t to say that this sequel showcased none of the same qualities as the first. As in Long Way, Closed and Common features a diverse cast of alien characters and as before Chambers wastes little time in the clumsy or drawn-out introductions that so often plague science fiction stories. She makes them clear to us, at once thoroughly understandable and completely alien. And as in book #1, Chambers mixes lighthearted humor with dread and fear and heartbreak and all manner of loves, so that her book is as thrilling and entertaining and emotionally restorative as it is illuminating.If I’m being dramatic (as I so often am about science fiction) this book is proof that the kind of science fiction that serves to examine what it is to be human is alive, is well, is thriving. It would not be exaggerating to say that in reading Chambers’ A Closed and Common Orbit I came to a better understanding of myself and the place I choose for myself in society. I literally stopped and took notes – not for this review but for myself, for later, for living.In short, Becky Chambers writes with an earnest voice and tells stories full of complexity, transcending taste and style and allowing her characters, her stories, and her messages to speak to readers all over. 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