Monk and Robot : A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Becky Chambers

ISBN 10: 1250386330 / ISBN 13: 9781250386335

Published by Macmillan USA Mai 2025, 2025

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Neuware - Becky Chambers' two award-winning, bestselling, beloved, and uplifting Monk and Robot stories, A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, together in trade paperback for the first time!Becky Chambers' delightful, post-Utopian, Hugo Award-winning 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' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter This book includes both A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy in paperback for the first time!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monk and Robot : A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
• Publisher: Macmillan USA Mai 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250386330
• ISBN 13: 9781250386335
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 137H x 19D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 137 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 268 grams

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Synopsis

Becky Chambers' delightful, post-Utopian, Hugo Award-winning 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' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?

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.