Science fiction 2016

Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

Published in Spanish as Una órbita cerrada y compartida

Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel! Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award!

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What it is

The life of someone made, not born · sad, but it leaves you hopeful

What happens in it

Artificial lives Found family

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How it's told

Structure
Two timelines
Who tells it
Third person, up close
Its world
An invented world
Pulls you in with
Its characters

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you love a family people choose
  • you read for the characters
  • you like to close a book feeling better

Maybe not if…

  • you like to keep your feet on the ground

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