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Cover of A Psalm for the Wild-Built: A Monk and Robot Book

A Psalm for the Wild-Built: A Monk and Robot Book

Becky Chambers ()

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesMonk & Robot 1 #
Setting
CSM age13

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

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HeartwarmingHopeful EndingSelf-DiscoveryFriendshipPlatonic Love

Tropes

Sentient ShipPost-ApocalypticAI AwakeningFirst ContactSoft SFUtopia Gone WrongSocial SF

Themes

AI ConsciousnessWhat Makes Us HumanPurpose and FulfillmentPost-Scarcity SocietySolarpunk OptimismConnection and IsolationPhilosophical Questions

Synopsis

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.

Tags

SolarpunkCozy FantasyHopepunkPhilosophical Fiction