A Closed and Common Orbit

by Becky Chambers

First published 2016

Lovelace was once an AI with a rich inner life. But after a devastating accident, she's forced to reboot into an illegal synthetic body, cut off from the world she knew. Now Pepper, the engineer who saved her, is determined to help Lovelace find her missing identity. As they navigate a hostile society that sees AIs as second-class citizens, Lovelace must confront the ghosts of her past and forge a new sense of self. In this poignant interstellar journey, one lost AI fights to reclaim her place in the universe.

Genres: fiction, science-fiction, artificial-intelligence, cyberpunk

Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking

Tropes: found-family, identity-crisis

Setting: Port Coriol

ebook · Harper Voyager

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