Chambers’s clean, careful prose and beautiful pacing and structure keep the narrative engrossing from beginning to end. Simultaneously, Pepper’s backstory as a cloned factory slave on a rogue planet that doesn’t adhere to galactic laws is brought to the forefront, since not everything from her past can or should remain in the past. Now, assisted by friendly tech Pepper, Lovelace has to figure out her new identity and make a new life for herself, including how to hack various portions of her own code to keep from being caught and destroyed. It’s illegal for AIs to have bodies that can be mistaken for those of other sentient beings, but Lovelace downloaded herself into a human-form body on her first day of existence, more to help her ship’s crew than by her real choice. This time, though, there’s more emotional weight and depth, adding a necessary ominous shading to Chambers’s generally calming voice. Huge as the galaxy may be, it’s anything but empty.This worthy sequel to Chambers’s lovely debut, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, again features marvelously detailed aliens, a universe full of carefully observed peculiarities, and a friendly, soothing atmosphere. Now, having recreated herself as Pepper, she makes it her mission to help Lovelace discover her own place in the world. But when an industrial accident gives Jane 23 a chance to escape, she takes the opportunity and hides away in a nearby junkyard. At ten years old, Jane 23 has never seen the sky she doesn’t even know such a thing exists. Pepper was born Jane 23, part of a slave class created by a rogue society of genetic engineers. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall her program, has remained by her side and is determined to help her adjust to her new world.īecause Pepper knows a thing or two about starting over. She’s never felt so isolated.īut Lovelace is not alone. She’s gone from being virtually omniscient to a limited physical existence, in a community where her kind are illegal. Now, reactivated and reset, Lovelace finds herself in a synthetic body. She was a ship’s artificial intelligence system, tasked with caring for the health and well-being of her crew, possessing a distinct personality and very human emotions. Wayfarers Series 4 Books Collection Set by Becky Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, Record of a Spaceborn Few & To Be Taught, If Fortunate) Paperback 234 ratings Collects books from: Wayfarers See all formats and editions Paperback 32.44 1 Used from 35.99 8 New from 32. Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. Beginning during the final events of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, this standalone sequel branches out to explore new characters and new corners of the galaxy.
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