2024 Canon Promo Post

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[embraidery]

Name: A Closed and Common Orbit

Author: Becky Chambers

Length: 365 pages

Sub-genre: sci-fi

Why it's awesome: The second in the Wayfarers Series, but you don't have to read the first book! The first of its dual storylines follows Pepper, a woman who grew up one of many clones sorting through garbage in a factory, and her eventual escape from the factory and acclimation to the outside world. The second follows Sidra, an AI who allowed herself to be transferred to an illegal "body kit" and has to pretend to be human in order not to be caught. It's a beautiful exploration of creating identity and finding community; Sidra's story also resonated with my experience of finding ways to work with my neurodivergence, as she finds accommodations that make it easier to exist in an entirely different way of being.

Any other important information to know about: While Sidra has people around her to consider her a person as much as any other sapient being, society at large considers AI to be objects rather than beings, and she bumps up against that prejudice. Pepper started out in an abusive environment (the factory) and while living on her own, needs to kill wild dogs for food.