Monk & Robot #01: A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #01: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers
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Hardback
h198 x 129mm - 160pg
28 Sep 2021 US
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9781250236210
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In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers' s delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It' s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need? " is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They' re going to need to ask it a lot. Becky Chambers' s new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?

#01: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
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"Chambers' writing is always tender and healing, but this book has something else braided into it -- something more. . . This is a book that, for one night, made me stop asking ' what am I even for? ' I' m prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning, kind, necessary. " --Sarah Gailey This was an optimistic vision of a lush, beautiful world that came back from the brink of disaster. Exploring it with the two main characters was a fun and fascinating experience. " --Martha Wells I' m the world' s biggest fan of odd couple buddy road trips in science fiction, and this odd couple buddy road trip is a delight: funny, thoughtful, touching, sweet, and one of the most humane books I' ve read in a long time. We could all use a read like this right now. --Sarah Pinsker I read this book in one sitting when I was having a really wretched day, and it helped. It felt like a warm cup of tea made by someone who loves me. It' s a soft hug of a book, and it says ' It' s okay if you' re not okay right now. ' It made me cry the good sort of tears--the sort when someone is unexpectedly kind to you at the moment you need it most. --Alexandra Rowland "The first book in Chambers' new series feels like a moment to breathe, a novel that exists to give readers a place to rest and think. . . Recommended for fans of Chambers' Wayfarers series and The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. " --Booklist Starred Review Written with all of Chambers' characteristic nuance and careful thought, this is a cozy, wholesome meditation on the nature of consciousness and its place in the natural world. Fans of gentle, smart, and hopeful science fiction will delight in this promising series starter. --Publishers Weekly
Becky Chambers is a science fiction author based in Northern California. She is best known for her Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series. Her books have also been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Locus Award, and the Women' s Prize for Fiction, among others. Becky has a background in performing arts, and grew up in a family heavily involved in space science. She spends her free time playing video and tabletop games, keeping bees, and looking through her telescope. Having hopped around the world a bit, she' s now back in her home state, where she lives with her wife. She hopes to see Earth from orbit one day.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781250236210
Published: 28 Sep 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: St Martin's Press
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 160

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