A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers

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We will meet from 6:30pm onwards in the room upstairs. Please check with the bar staff before going up that the room is ready for us and please don't go up before our start time. We will start the discussion at around 7:00pm and talk about the book for an hour or so before having a break. Then we can vote on next month's book.

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Thanks!

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A Psalm for the Wild Built - Becky Chambers (2021, 151 pages)

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?