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Winner of the Hugo Award! In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk and 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? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Winner of the Hugo Award! In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk and 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? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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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.
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Starred review from May 1, 2021
In an Asian-inspired post-apocalyptic world, Sibling Dex leaves the monastery in the City to become a tea monk, hoping to find answers. Two years later, they are a successful tea monk traveling between rural villages, yet they're no closer to an answer to their question: Why isn't the City enough for me? When Dex decides to head away from civilization toward an old hermitage, they encounter Mosscap, a robot who is looking for an answer to its own question: What do the people need? Robots left humans behind centuries ago when they became self-aware, and robots have since faded into legend. Now two protagonists looking for answers find their paths crossing, in opposite directions--or are they in fact headed down the same path? This is a gentle contemplation of individual meaning, presented by uniquely diverse voices, set in a world that brought itself back from the brink of destruction and forged a new way for nature and technology to coexist. VERDICT Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet) begins a delightful new series full of familiar themes: heart, hope, and purpose.--Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Lib. Syst., Northampton
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Starred review from May 15, 2021 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. Dex lives a quiet, fulfilling life as a monk until they decide to go on the road. Dex loads up a wagon with supplies and spices and travels from place to place, serving tea and listening to the problems of their patrons. This is also fulfilling--until it isn't. When Dex decides to go off-road, they run into a relic of their planet's past. Maybe now Dex can find their purpose. Dex is a relatable character searching for meaning in their life. While the plot is light, the character development, a hallmark of Chambers' earlier works, is strong and engaging. This book is full of moments of discomfort that allow readers to grow and learn as they relate to Dex. There are hints of a historical catastrophe that suggest even greater world building to come. Recommended for fans of Chambers' Wayfarers series and The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune.
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"The gentle touch with which Chambers handles her material makes the book's loftiest philosophical aims feel grounded. With a pervading sense of optimism and warmth, A Psalm for the Wild-Built inaugurates an exciting series from one of science fiction's brightest stars."
Buzzfeed
"Hugo Award–winning author Becky Chambers begins a new series with this delightful and quietly philosophical novella that presents a hopeful glimpse into a future where humanity actually does the right thing."
Sarah Gailey
"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."
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