A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, 1)

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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?

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160 pages

Average rating: 8.29

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Rosebud66

Mar 24, 2024

4/10 stars

Decidedly not for me, although I understand the appeal. Psalm of the Wild-Built is a fantasy novel with low ambitions. It is not out to tell a grand story of empires collapsing and friends becoming enemies. It is not out to twist and turn and leave you restlessly turning the next page to see what comes next. Psalm of the Wild-Built is a book where not much happens.

I think that is the appeal. It is supposed to be relaxing. If you vibe with the aut...read more

Anonymous

Mar 13, 2024

6/10 stars

Ah, I like the characters but the message was too spoon fed. I felt a little hit over the head, assumed philosophy as fact. But it's not like I disagreed... just not earned.

Chuckstafer

Feb 02, 2024

6/10 stars

Not a bad story by any stretch of the imagination, but just not my cup of tea (pun intended). This is a good story of a budding friendship between a robot and a human as well as a "discover who you are" kind of reflection for the main character, but it just didn't grab my attention like I thought it would.

margardenlady

Dec 27, 2023

8/10 stars

Interesting story - the start of a series set in a future world, presumably. Dexter is a tea monk and the robot he meets and befriends is Mosscap, named for the first living thing he noticed. Chambers has created a believable world, inhabited by creatures with agency. Both Dexter and Mosscap are searching for something and they end up sharing the road for a while as they search. And they learn about one another's worlds and ultimately about th...read more

Jedssia

Sep 02, 2023

10/10 stars

This book is relaxing, thoughtful, inspiring and funny. An instant favourite of mine and my hubby’s. We now want to be tea monks.