Generations after that decision, Sibling Dex leads a good, comfortable life in a good, comfortable world, one that successfully bounced back from terrible environmental cataclysms and reorganized itself around principles of compassion and hospitality.
The robots chose to vanish into the wilderness in order to learn about a world beyond the bounds of human design. Becky Chambers' A Psalm for the Wild-Built - beginning a new series called "Monk and Robot" - strikes me as especially relevant to such discussions.Ĭenturies ago, robots woke to sentience and went on strike, and the humans who made them as laboring tools decided to respect their newfound agency and release them. Over the past several months, given the pressures of the world, I've been reading and participating in craft conversations about what constitutes comfort-reading, and the degree to which one can subtract conflict or tension from a story while keeping it engaging and interesting. Previous selections include Mexican Gothic by Silva Moreno-Garcia You Should See Me in a Crown, by Leah Johnson and Raybearer, by Jordan Ifueko.A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers Whether it’s reading from an author who is dissimilar to you or reading in a genre you normally never try, the book club aims to help you examine your reading habits and try things outside of your comfort zone. The Reading Diversely Book Club is the Courtright Memorial Library’s book club focusing on expanding your horizons in reading. They’re going to need to ask it a lot.” (via Amazon) But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. The robot cannot go back until the question of “what do people need?” is answered. 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 description for A Psalm for the Wild-Built is: “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.
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