October Geek Book Club (In Person) - Monk and Robot by Becky Chambers

Join us In Person at Park Road Books at 7 pm on October 13th to discuss Monk and Robot by Becky Chambers.

You can always pick up the book at Park Road Books for 20% off this month, but we welcome all versions both paper and digital.

The Author:
Becky Chambers (born May 3, 1985) is an American science fiction writer. She is the author of the Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series as well as novellas including To Be Taught, If Fortunate (2019) and the Monk & Robot series, which begins with the Hugo Award-winning A Psalm for the Wild-Built (2021). She is known for her innovative worldbuilding and character-driven stories, and is a pioneer of the hopepunk genre.

The Book:
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.