![]() ![]() ![]() And yet here is Becky Chambers, with Sibling Dex and Mosscap, bringing us this giant hug in 160 pages.īut don’t be misled: It’s not fluffy, and it’s not woo-woo. You may not expect a book set on another planet with a sentient robot as a main character to teach you about reframing and valuing differences about gender about learning to be kind and forgiving to yourself about feeling content and happy and valuable just as you are. One of the best parts of fantasy and sci-fi is the way they suspend certain aspects of reality in order to focus on all the things that make us human. There they meet an unlikely friend - and learn both more and less than they'd ever expected. Seeking solitude, Dex wanders into the protected wildlands, which centuries ago were ceded to robots who chose to live free and unhindered by humanity. And wow, do I have the book for you.Ī Psalm for the Wild-Built is about a young monk named Sibling Dex who’s dissatisfied with their life as-is, so they venture out of the city and into the countryside to find a new calling - and themselves. Are you looking for a short book (a novella, in fact) that’s emotional, beautiful, and hopeful? Now you are. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. ![]() “You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. ![]()
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