A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

Come join us for the May meeting of the Lux Book Club where we will discuss our first science fiction book. At only 151 pages, it is manageable even for the most time-pressed among us. Becky Chambers' "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" won the 2022 Hugo award for best novella, and has received numerous other accolades.

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GoodReads summary:
Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, en masse into the wilderness, never to be seen again. They faded into myth and urban legend.

Now the life of the tea monk who tells this story 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 will need to ask it a lot. Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?