Loved itBut, Close and Common Orbit, read it, loved it. Still one of my favorite series.
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A Closed and Common Orbit (2016)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very human emotions. But when her ship was badly damaged, Lovelace was forced to reboot and reset. Now housed in an illegal synthetic body, she's never felt so isolated. But Lovelace is not alone. Pepper, an engineer who risked her life to reinstall Lovelace's program, has remained by her side and is determined to help her.
- ISBN:
- 9781473621473
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- 416 pages
Genres: science fiction
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Loved itI enjoyed that more than record of a space born few I'll give it planetary pleasure I like that there's a circular plot
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Loved itthis is my favorite book in the companion series and I do believe it could be read as a standalone although the setup is largely based off what happens in the first book
Loved itI also love to close and come in orbit by Becky Chambers these are the two books that I had not read in the Wayfarer series
Loved iti just really love this book this is a dual narrative we're following two characters in very different situations which do have some things in common