Becky Chambers: Dvě místa na slunci (Hardcover, Czech language, 2018)
Hardcover, 438 Seiten
Czech language
Published 24. Oktober 2018
Lovelace byla kdysi jen umělou inteligencí na tunelářské lodi. Když se po zhroucení a restartu systému probudí v umělém těle, nic si nepamatuje. Přesto musí znovu začít žít ve světě, kde je sama její existence ilegální.
Technička Chilli, která spolu se svými kolegy pro Lovelacinu záchranu nasadila krk, je odhodlaná jí se životem v novém světě pomoci. Chilli má totiž s novými začátky vlastní zkušenosti.
Chilli a Lovey společně zjistí, že i když je galaxie nezměrně rozlehlá, pro opuštěnost v ní není místo.
The books from the Wayfarers series can be read standalone, but I recommend reading them in order so you get a feel for the universe and an introduction to the characters (ok, I've only read the first two right now). Things will make a little bit more sense.
Anyways, this was another really nice, character-driven book.
This book is not about whether (g)AI could be people. It is about how does it feel when someone doesn't see personhood in you or in someone you love.
Le tome 2 des Voyageurs. Du coup je m’attendais à retrouver l'équipage du tome 1. Pas du tout ! Par contre l'histoire est centrée sur des personnages déjà présent dans le tome 1. L'histoire est la quête d'identité et de sens de deux personnes, l'une humaine et l'autre IA. Comme le premier tome c'est bien écrit, et on attend qu'une chose : lire le tome 3 !
More feel-good scifi. (No spoilers:) It's Pepper backstory, and another minor character from A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. I think this one benefits a lot from taking it slowly and focussing on just two characters.
I absolutely adored this book. I realise that part of this is that it was a perfect little escape while I was stuck at home with covid, but I do also think it's really wonderful.
It has some similar strengths to the first in the series, in that it's mostly about the relationships between a few outcast characters that become a chosen family and just happen to be in space. But if anything I think it's better written (I guess Chambers getting into her stride with book 2), and benefits from being a more focussed story of a smaller number of characters. And has some weightier things to say about embodiment, the tension between fitting in and freedom, and loyalty & reciprocity.
I am excited about the rest of the series.
A wonderful sequel
This book went an entirely different direction from the first in the series, yet it was just as enjoyable. My favorite part of the book was the structure in which the two stories were told in parallel, coming together into a great finish. Can't wait for the third one!
A wonderful sequel
This book went an entirely different direction from the first in the series, yet it was just as enjoyable. My favorite part of the book was the structure in which the two stories were told in parallel, coming together into a great finish. Can't wait for the third one!
