A Closed and Common Orbit

by Becky Chambers

English language

Published March 14, 2017

ISBN:: 978-0-06-256940-0

A Closed and Common Orbit is a 2016 science fiction novel by Becky Chambers, published by Hodder and Stoughton. It is a sequel to her 2014 novel The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.

5 editions

Sasu reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

Bittersweet and Moving

5 stars

This hurt me in a good way. Tears flowed. Not recommended for consumption on public transportation or in a café for anyone who is averse to crying in public.

Not only is the story an engaging one, the themes are immediately relevant to the situation we currently find ourselves in and again provide an excellent illustration of how #kindness and #care is not only good to have, but indispensable for our survival.

Listened to the #Booktrack edition again. Pleasantly cinematic like the first, and again like the first, a few of the soundtrack choices didn't quite mesh with the mood of the scenes they were in. Overall, though, the effect was one of augmentation rather than distraction.

This hurt me in a good way. Tears flowed. Not recommended for consumption on public transportation or in a café for anyone who is averse to crying in public.

Chris reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

None

5 stars

An excellent and moving story of people discovering what it is to be human, or something beyond it. Set in a spacefaring world where humans are far from the dominant race, it's in a way a low-key story but also one full of incident and character. The various races/species are well and amusingly drawn - the exploration of alternative biologies and e.g. a five-sexed species is entertaining.
Didn't really see that it was an 'LGBT' etc. novel but there is the multiply-sexed species who can change sex, and Blue is asexual which I liked. Not every relationship between a man and a woman has to involve sex.
I had this on my (electronic) shelves since 2017, and somehow managed not to read it until now. I'm glad I finally opened it.

SeaFury reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

Enjoyable

No rating

Yes, I liked it!

scienced@books.theunseen.city reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

Better than the first one in the Wayfarer series

5 stars

This is a relatively short book using two narrative threads focused on how interactions of humans with self-aware artificial intelligence systems could look like in a very distant future. While the first Wayfarer story introduced well the universe and alien species, this second book has a better pace and was more enjoyable overall. Still, it is probably better to read them in order.

ansate reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

Review of 'Wayfarers.' on Goodreads

4 stars

I'm still so mad about consent. so mad.

Enno reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

Review of 'Wayfarers.' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This book was surprisingly different from the first one, but I loved it nonetheless. Interesting structure with two parallel stories told in alternating chapters. Could not put it down once I got past the halfway point.