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Science Fiction · 2021 · G

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

by Becky Chambers

A monk, a tea cart, and a robot who hasn't seen a human in centuries.

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 an

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Sibling Dex, a monk who makes tea for people in need, leaves their city and finds a robot in the wilderness — one of the sentient machines that chose to leave human society long ago. They begin talking. A short, gentle novella asking what it means to feel satisfied with your existence.

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