A Closed and Common Orbit
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.
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- From this book in particular, I love the scene with everyone sitting around talking about how horrifying the concept of cheese is. The rest of the quartet is wonderful, with the second book (A Closed and Common Orbit) being the MVP IMO.
- I’ve read most of the SF on this list so I’ll throw out my other recommendations:
I like Chambers’ Wayfarers series but IMO Closed and Common Orbit is the best one.
Another recent book that stuck with me is Tchaikovsky’s Elder Race, which is told from two perspectives as both a sci fi and a fantasy story. It’s great and a quick read.
I enjoyed All Systems Red but for whatever reason have no desire to read the sequels. Same with Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. Both good stories but something about the settings just didn’t pull me in.
And I can never help but plug the Vorkosigan saga, which started in the 80s but still has a few recent books. Anyone who hasn’t read them should start with the early books though.
A Memory Called Empire is another great one that I’m actually surprised isn’t on this list.
- agree about "closed and common orbit", I really thought that one was going to pull off a hugo-and-nebula when I read it.
btw, even if you bounced off murderbot I would say check out wells's earlier fantasy novels, especially the books of the raksura.
- Also the novel "A Closed and Common Orbit" by Becky Chambers.
- "A Closed and Common Orbit", the second in the series) is my favorite book ever.
- Becky Chambers books are a good read -
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