A Psalm for the Wild-Built: A Monk and Robot Book -- Becky Chambers, Hardcover

In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner 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?

Author: Becky Chambers
Publisher: Tordotcom
Published: 07/13/2021
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.43w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781250236210
Award: Hugo Award - Finalist
Award: Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/08/2021
Library Journal 05/01/2021 pg. 53
Booklist 05/15/2021 pg. 28
Shelf Awareness 07/16/2021

About the Author

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.