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The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 (The Softwire #1)

by P.J. Haarsma (Goodreads Author)

3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 · rating details · 619 ratings · 121 reviews

A human boy with an uncanny link to computers finds danger and discovery on the rings of Orbis in this riveting sci-fi adventure.

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Turnbull has always known there was something different about him, even before he and two hundred other kids landed on the first ring of Orbis. But once their spaceship lands, he is identified as the first-ever "softwire"...more

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Published April 6th 2010 by Candlewick (first published August 22nd 2006)

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Feb 07, 2009 Denae rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi

It was amazing except for a few things that were left out. Kids wouldn't look for them, wouldn't need them, but I felt there wasn't enough detail about the rings and Orbis 1. Half the time, even when JT was awake, it felt like he was dreaming because there didn't always seem to quite be enough concrete objects to identify with and anchor me to the setting. Just IMHO.
I loved the way he's abilities were defined and how they grew. I liked how something new was always being revealed, and I liked how...more

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Apr 14, 2012 Vicki rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Welp, this was interesting.

I mean, it's not high science-fiction by any stretch of the imagination: the characters are wooden, the plot feels contrived in some places, and overall it's just not an exciting novel to read at all. I found myself skimming over some parts (especially the dreams) and wondering why they had to be so long when they were barely relevant.

Mind you, I'm hardly the target audience.

No matter who you are, I wouldn't recommend this book: it's not atrocious, but there are bet...more

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Mar 27, 2012 Jennifer Patterson rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: 10+

Shelves: ya

I’ll admit that my speed reading days for books left me in college. Even with my fun books that I read, it can take me a several days to finish one. So when I went through the Softwire Series in roughly a week, you know it’s got to be amazing! Oddly enough, I have to thank Nathon Filion for tweeting a link for a free digital copy of the first book (Virus on Orbis 1).

The brief synopsis from P.J. Haarsma’s site really hooked me in too.

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Turnbull has always known there was so...more I’ll admit that my speed reading days for books left me in college. Even with my fun books that I read, it can take me a several days to finish one. So when I went through the Softwire Series in roughly a week, you know it’s got to be amazing! Oddly enough, I have to thank Nathon Filion for tweeting a link for a free digital copy of the first book (Virus on Orbis 1).

The brief synopsis from P.J. Haarsma’s site really hooked me in too.

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Turnbull has always known there was something different about him, even before he and two hundred other kids landed on the first ring of Orbis. But once their spaceship lands, he is identified as the first-ever “softwire” — a human with the ability to enter and communicate with computers through his mind — and becomes the focus of intergalactic intrigue. Johnny and the rest of the refugee orphans are put to work in alien factories, and very quickly things go very wrong. When the all-knowing, all-controlling, and technologically “perfect” central computer starts malfunctioning, suspicious eyes turn to Johnny. Is he the one responsible? This action-packed, fast-paced sci-fi novel will keep kids on the edge of their seats.

For this computer geek, the direct interface into a computer hooked me in instantly. Through the first book you’re introduced to this amazing new world, with aliens that have been around forever, a few factions within them. The book takes you on a very fun adventure, and really captures the mystery and adjustment to a world completely different than your own.

But by the end of Book 1, you realize that everything isn’t quite as Utopian as you would like them to be. Through the next 3 books, you’re taken deeper and deeper into the Rings of Orbis, its deep history, and how Johnny (JT) and his sister play into it. You’re also taken into a lot of turmoil and grief that the “knudnicks” on Orbis are subjected to. The entire series does a great job at working through the struggles of class divisions between the elite and the poor.

On top of this is the transformation of JT himself. Starting out as a bright eyed, energetic 15 year old, he’s quickly given a large amount of responsibility because of his talents. He also has the entire universe looking over his shoulder, which causes a lot of struggles. But JT’s struggles go even deeper, dealing with free will vs. fate, sacrifice, and a whole range of emotions. There was so much going on by the fourth installment that I wasn’t sure how Haarsma would resolve it all, and do it in a manner that stuck with the whole of the story. He did it amazingly well. There was even a small amount of romance and tragedy mixed in to the whole story that fit perfectly.

My mind is still racing from all of the tech, adventure, and thought provoking things this book brought out. Softwire is targeted for the 10 and up, but it is written so well that adults (or really big geeky kids like me) will enjoy it thoroughly.(less)

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May 30, 2011 Heather Pearson rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the first book in the Softwire series. It is a YA series written by Canadian author PJ Haarsma. I found it as a free download on Kobo a few days after I bought my BlackBerry Playbook.

It is the story of a group of children who are travelling on a generational ship (travelling for hundreds of years) and for some un-explained reason, all the parents are dead. They have mostly been raised and educated by the computer systems on the ship. The voyage ends and the children are landed on the fir...more

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May 04, 2011 Karolinde (Kari) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: middle-level-books, sci-fi, kindle-edition

If I could, I would have given this book 3 1/2 stars. It is a very fun sci-fi story.

JT, his sister, friends, and enemies were born and live on a ship they call mother. Their destination is Orbis 1, were their now dead parents were going as indentured servants. The children find themselves placed in servitude with no real hope of escape. JT, it turns out, is a softwire and has the ability to communicate with and manipulate computers with his mind. The problem is that as soon as he arrives, the c...more

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Mar 11, 2011 Shannon Mawhiney rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 is a great Young Adult science fiction novel. I'm an adult, but I could barely put my Kindle down while reading it. If anyone is looking for a book that their kids will enjoy, or anyone looking for accessible sci-fi, I definitely recommend this one.

This first book of a four-book series centers on Johnny Turnbull, or JT, one of over 200 orphan children brought to Orbis from Earth. They have never known Earth or their parents, having been born on their seed ship after t...more

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Jul 12, 2011 Lani rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, kids, scifi

I picked this up for free (or possibly just a couple bucks) on the Twitter recommendation of Nathan Fillion. Not half bad for a random free book from Amazon.

This felt kind of like a poor man's Ender's Game, but it was enjoyable. A ship full of children make it to their final destination after their parents' cryo chambers failed. Sold as slaves to residents of their new home, they stumble across a computer virus that could mean the end of their world.

The main character, JT, is a 'softwire', someo...more

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Apr 21, 2011 Alexis Leno rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: indie-authors, science-fiction

I have to say that this book had me from the start! It was really an enjoyable read, one that I wish I had been able to come across as a teen reader. And what’s also awesome about it? It’s FREE on Kindle (click the image to get there).

So, The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 is a sci-fi novel, that, although it is considered a young adult novel, appeals to all ages. I really found the characters highly relatable and very interesting. As soon as I picked it up, I couldn’t put it down.

The novel centers...more

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Mar 15, 2011 Jaime the Wizzard rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: free, science-fiction, young-adult

I’m going to be completely honest with y’all: the only reason I downloaded and read this book is because Nathan Fillion tweeted about it. If I can’t trust Captain Tightpants to recommend good books who can I trust?

Anyways, this book was really engaging right from the get-go. If you’ve ever played a board game called ‘Starfarers of Catan’ then some of the back-story may look a little familiar (it did to me anyways) but that made it more enjoyable for me. We start off on a ship with 200+ kids run...more

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Mar 18, 2011 Wendy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads, ebooks, sci-fi, young-adult, freepubs

I got this as a free download on BN.com. Free is good, and free in YA/sci-fi seemed like a great find to me. But I'm actually surprised by all the good reviews this is getting. I found it to be just passable. The story had promise, but it just didn't deliver.

Here's the deal: JT and 200 other kids have traveled to Orbis 1 on a ship that looked after them after all their parents died. (The kids never knew their parents, btw, they were all sort-of hatched on the ship after an accident.) Upon their...more I got this as a free download on BN.com. Free is good, and free in YA/sci-fi seemed like a great find to me. But I'm actually surprised by all the good reviews this is getting. I found it to be just passable. The story had promise, but it just didn't deliver.

Here's the deal: JT and 200 other kids have traveled to Orbis 1 on a ship that looked after them after all their parents died. (The kids never knew their parents, btw, they were all sort-of hatched on the ship after an accident.) Upon their arrival at Orbis, they are put to work to fulfill the contractual obligations of their parents, who signed up to work in exchange for citizenship (though I'm not quite sure what the draw was there).

It turns out that JT is special; as a Softwire he is able to connect to computers with his mind. That is a pretty cool trick. But when things start going wrong with the planet's central computer, he comes under suspicion as being the one making trouble. Can he figure out what's really going on? Can he stop the little girl in the computer and save his friends and sister with all the aliens set against him? (Cue dramatic music.)

The author has a lot of imagination with his book world, the problem I had with the story was execution. The writing is stilted and forced, the kids are not remotely believable as 13 and 8 year olds, and there's lots of plot holes and problems. For example, JT has a little sister he looks after. For some reason they are the only two siblings out of 200 kids. His sister never talks, and just kinda hangs around. We are told at one point that she loves food. Not a specific food, mind you, she's just a lover of food in general. Wow, I love food, too! I didn't know anyone else ever did! Now I can totally identify with her! That's character building! :-P

There's also a lot of things that get set up and then dropped. JT has a rivalry with another kid on the ship, but eventually we stop hearing about him. JT is trying to access some super duper secret files about his parents, but his chance to do so ends up literally flying out the window. At first everyone is sure he is causing the problems with the computer on Orbis, but then later he's just kinda left alone (even by the evil character that eventually gets revealed) to push through the computer and figure everything out. I'm not buying it.

I also had trouble with the setup on Orbis; the kids basically become slaves since their parents were obligated to work once they arrived. But it's not real slave labor. The kids instead pick thorough garbage while their mean master deducts worthless money from them and gives them time off to play and explore. Oh, he also educates them. It's more like a babysitting service than any understandable business enterprise.

And how was everyone so surprised to see these kids arrive? Is there no communication in space to let them know about the death of the adults and the arrival of the kids? Even if not, the ship was trying to teach the kids everything about what to expect of life on Orbis, so how is it that they had no idea they would be forced to work, or that they would get implants to translate languages and interface with computers, etc.? Mother ship really let ya'll down, kids.

Maybe I just wasn't having fun getting into the story. It just felt choppy and inconsistent to me. I never cared much about the kids. JT has two friends: Theodore, who counts everything all the time, and Max, who I had to keep reminding myself was not a boy. At one point they are trying to hide things from a character who can read minds, but they just wait until she's out of sight to devise a whole plan. Because, for telepaths, out of sight, out of your mind I guess.

I know this book is made for kids, but I don't think YA stories need to be dumbed down for young people. I can forgive fudging some of the scientific stuff and simplifying things a bit, but kids aren't stupid and you don't have to write down to them to have them read a story. Everything was either too spelled out or too glossed over.

Apparently there's a game based on the universe created for this book series. It looks like way more fun than reading the books.

Conclusion: An abundance of ideas disappointingly written. OK to pass the time as a free read, but there's a lot of much better sci-fi for and about young people out there.

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Feb 02, 2012 Jennifer rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens, ya, sci-fi

As a caveat, I only picked this book up because I had been reading too many girl-oriented juvenile and YA books, and I just wanted at decent "boy book" to read, and I knew that this one probably wouldn't be great, but I just couldn't pass up a book with a comment from Nathan Fillion on it! If you're not the type to have a nerd crush on him from Firefly, then you would probably have an I <3 Castle crush on him.

This book was good, but by all means not great. I think that it is a good book parti...more

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Jul 10, 2012 Barbara rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My ten year old son is reading this aloud to me...our Summer Reading Program. Really enjoying it so far!

Alas, when we finished, I almost felt relieved because my son wasn't as into the story as we both we originally.

Overall, I thought the descriptions left much to be desired...my son asked me many times, "So, what do you think so-an-son looks like?" And I could only reread the brief description provided for each alien and say, "try to picture it in your own mind"...that is what is so great abou...more

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Feb 05, 2012 Amanda Fack rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Johnny Turnbull and his little sister Ketheria are born along with 200 other children on a spaceship headed for a preordained destination, the legendary rings of Orbis. Johnny has some unique ESP-like abilities with the software that manages the ship (also called 'Mother') which both foreshadows an exciting future AND makes him a target for bullying. When they finally dock on Orbis, they are disappointed to find that they are scheduled for lives of indentured servitude. Mysteries about Johnny an...more

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Jan 05, 2009 CuriousLibrarian rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2008, best-children-s-books-older-readers

It is wonderful to see hard sci-fi being written for children again. It is something that is seen to rarely these days. This book is interesting and competently done, and I would recommend it to children in grade 4-7.

However, as a caveat to that, it is certainly a flawed book. First it wears its influences on its sleeves, though children won't know that. Plus a major plot twist at the end comes out of nowhere. It's the kind of thing that really needed foreshadowing to be satisfying, and that rea...more

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Apr 04, 2011 Natasha rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Sci-fi fans who want a quick read to add to their imagination

Shelves: sci-fi, kindle-read-to-me

This wasn't a bad read at all. It was one of the books I listened to on my Kindle on my way to and fro from Nashville to Atlanta. It had a good premise, fairly gripping from the beginning, and had a lot of things that you remembered in passing and had a HUGE part in the story towards the end. That was more of a con since I was listening to my Kindle read it, but I don't think it's a big deal if you're ACTUALLY reading it.

Johnny is a great character, but Ketheria was my favorite. I might just hav...more

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Jul 10, 2010 David rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kids-fiction, young-adult

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Turnbull and two hundred other human kids land on the first ring of Orbis, in a sleeper ship where all the adults have died. But once their spaceship lands, he is identified as the first-ever "softwire" — a human with the ability to enter and communicate with computers through his mind — and becomes the focus of intergalactic intrigue. Johnny and the rest of the refugee orphans are put to work in alien factories to pay off the cost of passage to Orbis, and very quickly t...more

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Dec 11, 2011 Dayna Smith rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The first book in The Softwire series. Johnny, his sister, and 200 other children have spent years on a seedship headed for the Rings of Orbis. Their parents left Earth for a new start, but all the adults died on the voyage. Once the ship arrives the kids discover they are little better than slaves. But Johnny is a softwire - someone who can enter any computer with his mind - and since the central computer on Orbis 1 is malfunctioning Johnny may be the only one who can fix it. He finds himself i...more

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Apr 06, 2011 Krystl Louwagie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Another free Kindle book-and a young adult sci-fi! Pretty much one of my favorite genres!
This book took too long to get into the real plot for me-which I feel like I've been saying a lot lately. I did love the sci-fi-ness of it, hearing about all the different aliens species was great, huge points for imagination!
Near the end, there is a nice, sparking element of heartening interest, but like I said, I felt like it took too long for me to really be invested. Other than that, I don't think I hav...more

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Mar 17, 2009 Shagensee rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, sequels-and-series, for-blog

In the distance future humans have a very minor role in the galazxy. When a human sleeper ship arrives at the Rings of Orbis, only the children survive and are forced to work as knud-niks (slaves). Soon Johnny Turnbull discovers that he is a softwire, a special gift that allows him to enter any computer system with his mind. Softwires are rare in the galaxy so now Citizens of the Rings are bidding/arresting/kidnapping to get Johnny's ability. Meanwhile Johnny discovers a virus destroying the com...more

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Nov 07, 2009 Cindy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: teen

Not being a fan of sci-fi I was a little leery of trying this book. I have to say I was surprised with the experience that I had. I thought the plot moved along at a fair pace I would have liked things to happen a little faster but that's just me.

I did think that the ending came out of no where which made it hard to believe but it was alright. I did think that this book had a lot of technology behind in order to understand it, I'm not sure at 10 or so I'd have understood everything that was inv...more

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Jan 10, 2013 Taylor Broshear rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I like how the book had different adventures and all the crazyness and sad parts the book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...more

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Mar 08, 2011 Miriam rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bubblegum-for-the-brain

i'll use this book to christen my new shelf, "bubblegum for the brain" b/c that is all it was, and only mildly entertaining at that - less like trident and more like that nasty gumballs you get from the machine for a nickel that stick in your teeth and lose all flavor after about 10 chews...

To be fair, I don't think it is geared towards adults, but it was free in the kindle store. Some of the ideas were creative, but the characters and plot did not really feel fully developed. I will likely only...more

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Sep 30, 2010 John Jr. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was an amazing piece of science fiction written well enough for adults to enjoy yet with child characters who...adults can enjoy. Think of it like Harry Potter without the magic but set in one of the coolest sci-fi worlds I've come across. Harsma has created a world to rival Harry Potter, if he spent more time fleshing it out. That is the only thing that kept me from handing it five stars. I suspect with book 2 we'll get a lot more just as we did in Chamber of Secrets. The stage is set...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Maria rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: scifisummer, future-dragon-rec, science-fiction, young-adult

A little bit Ender, a little bit Matrix. A whole fun adventure.

The science: Focuses on astronomy and computer sciences.

For fans of: Future technology, space travel, computers, aliens.

Wonders and What Ifs:
How will humanity change?
Where can we go once we fill up our world?
What would alien races be like?
How could we survive the trip to another galaxy?
What other types of worlds are possible?
What powers may be locked within the minds of humanity?

Historical Tie ins:
Slavery and Indentured servitude...more

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Oct 17, 2012 Matthew Collins rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved this book. I have been looking for a good series to start and I have to read YA books for a YA lit class I am taking so I picked this one up (apparently I need to give more YA books a chance) and loved it. I won't bother summarizing it since that happens in the book description so I will just get to the point. The characters in this book are real and relate-able. The plot is good and unique and has plenty of turns in it to keep you guessing. Some of it is easy to guess but that doesn't c...more

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Oct 29, 2012 The Cheap Reader rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: own-kindle, sci-fi, freebie, series-abandoned

Hooray! A young adult science fiction story with no romance in sight! Do you have any idea how hard those are to find?

My favorite part of sci fi books is the crazy technology that they have. The tech in this book is the some of coolest I’ve come across so far. We’ve got the pretty “normal” technology where money and other goods are tied to your body/clothing so you don’t really have to carry things when you go out. There’s the awesome technology where you have a chip placed into your brain BUT y...more

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Apr 20, 2011 Erin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, middle-grade, kindle

After Ender's Game opened me up to science fiction set in outer space, I gave The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 a try and found another enjoyable read that I can recommend to my middle-school students.

This is the first book in a four-book series (something I did not know when I downloaded it to me kindle--for free!), but the ending did feel satisfying, even without reading on. Both qualities (part of a series series and satisfying conclusion) are definite pluses in my opinion. Also, Haarsma did a g...more

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Jun 08, 2011 Jex rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: unsorted

A group of kids, raised on a spaceship by a computer program, have finally reached their new home of Orbis 1 only to find out that their destiny is to be enslaved in order to pay off their parents’ debt. While trying to make the most of the life that’s been thrown at them, JT comes to find that he has a special gift that is not only rare to anyone, but has never before been seen in a human. JT is a softwire. He can communicate with machines in a way that no one else can: by physically up-linking...more A group of kids, raised on a spaceship by a computer program, have finally reached their new home of Orbis 1 only to find out that their destiny is to be enslaved in order to pay off their parents’ debt. While trying to make the most of the life that’s been thrown at them, JT comes to find that he has a special gift that is not only rare to anyone, but has never before been seen in a human. JT is a softwire. He can communicate with machines in a way that no one else can: by physically up-linking his mind without any cords or interface. However, as JT arrived on Orbis 1, so did the problems with the central computers causing many of the citizens to turn on him, the only softwire and the only one that could be ruining their precious computer. It is up to JT, with the help of some of his friends, to figure out what is causing all the computer glitches and stop it before Orbis 1 is taken down.

I downloaded this book when it was offered for free on amazon.com and didn’t expect too much based on the length, and well, the fact that it was free. I was pleasantly surprised when I began to read and found the topic riveting. Just think of how much you could do in life as we know it now if you didn’t have to use a mouse/keyboard to do anything on a computer. Instead you simply thought of what you wanted to do and it was done. The ability to interface with a computer in that fashion could bring all kinds of opportunities, not to mention free up so much time in our day. Main topic of the book aside, I truly enjoyed getting to know the various characters and species found on Orbis. I think the author has a real thing for slime covered/goey aliens, because they seemed to come up a lot in the story. I loved Keithera’s character, even though she couldn’t speak her personality truly shined. She got quite a few chuckles out of me as I pictured her chasing her toy or getting excited when offered food. I was glad to see she played a bigger role in the end (don’t worry I won’t say what it is).

This was a very quick read, but I liked it a lot. I’m going to have to go out and get the next three books in the series.
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Mar 23, 2011 Dailycheapreads rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read The Softwire because I got it free on my Kindle and wanted to see what our junior edition customers might be reading.

The Softwire was a very interesting book that I enjoyed reading. The story is about J.T. Turnbull, who was born on a spaceship with many other children, after all their parents died because of a malfunction on the ship.

They are traveling to the Rings of Orbis, the planet where their parents had promised to work. When they get to Orbis, the orphans find out not everyone is p...more

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Sep 12, 2010 Vanessa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi

Virus on Orbis 1 is the start to a four-part series entitled, The Softwire.

Thirteen-year-old Johnny has spent all of his life living on a spaceship in route to the rings of Orbis. His parents (as well as all of the other parents on board) where to complete 4 years of work on the rings of Orbis with the hope of eventually becoming citizens. However, there was an error on the ship and all of the adults died in the hibernation pods. The ship continued to pilot itself there, even somehow "hatching"...more

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A lot about The Softwire comes from my own experiences growing up. No, I never traveled on a seed-ship to Orbis but I did feel like I was a slave working in my parents ceramic factory as a teenager. In the summer I would slug 50lbs+ molds around while standing in a room with kilns firing at 1400 degrees. It wasn't fun and at the time I really resented my parents for it. I felt used and not in cont...more

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