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Author_Becky Chambers
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friends
friendship
genre
global dystopia
hope
hopeful
hopepunk
kindness
meaning of life
nature
nb
non-binary
optimism
peace
philosophical
philosophical sf
positivity
post-apocalyptic
sci fi
self aware robot
sentient robots
space travel
speculative
wilderness
women
Product details
- ISBN 9781250386335
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 137 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jun 2025
- Publisher: St Martin's Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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?
Becky Chambers (she/her) 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.
