A Psalm for the Wild-Built

, #1

E-bok, 160 sidor

På English

Publicerades 2 juli 2021 av Tom Doherty Associates.

ISBN:
978-1-250-23622-7
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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.

Becky Chambers’s new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?

9 utgåvor

Une lecture réconfortante pour toute personne luttant pour un monde meilleur

Inget betyg

« Un psaume pour les recyclés sauvages » est une novella entre science-fiction et littérature de l’imaginaire. L’histoire se situe sur Panga, un monde sur lequel les robots ont accédé à la conscience voici des siècles, ont été libérés par les humains et sont partis s'isoler dans la forêt, alors que les humains, eux, ont opéré une transition vers une société plus sobre, plus durable, plus respectueuse du vivant.

Lae personnage principal de notre roman s’appelle Froeur Dex (oui, le roman utilise l’écriture inclusive et Dex est non-binaire 🥰). Iel était moine de jardin, c’est à dire qu’il vivait dans un monastère… mais cela ne lae satisfaisait pas alors iel est devenu moine de thé, voyageant de village en village pour servir une bonne boisson aux personnes qui en auraient besoin, les écoutant et les aidant à aller mieux (comme une bulle régé quoi). Mais Froeur Dex est un·e …

recenserade A Psalm for the Wild-Built av Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)

The robots want to be free

Inget betyg

I think fiction like this will probably become more important in the coming years, but I also think we have no idea what stories we should be telling about AI. These days, I'm much more interested in what artists and writers have to say about AI than what engineers have to say about it. This book eventually arrives at a discussion that feels like a debate between religion and secularism: a robot that insists that it contains multitudes in conversation with a human who insists that they are in search of their one "purpose." The human character feels, at times, flatter and more cliche than the robot, but I wonder if my reading of these characters is too shaped by my own resistance to the idea that one needs a single purpose in life.

recenserade Veisu luonnonkoneille av Becky Chambers (Munkki ja robotti, #1)

Makeaa yrttiteetä vivahduksella hapanta

Leppoisaksi tätä kirjaa on kutsuttu, jolloin oli pelkona, että tämä olisikin tylsistyttävän jonninjoutava mukavuudenhaluisessa avaruushippeilyssään. Mutta olihan tässä jotain konfliktia, mutta lähinnä sisäistä, sellaista eksistentiaalista introspektiivistä tuskaa. Kirjan maullinen tasapaino on ainakin kohdallaan, ja kirja tuli luettua sen verta ripeästi, että ehkä luen toistekin ennen toisen osan käännöksen ilmestymistä.

Tästä on vaikea keksiä mitään suoranaisesti moitittavaa, joitakin kyynisiä voi tosin mietityttää miljöön amerikan länsirannikkomainen pehmeys. Toisaalta voidaan tarinassa havaita piikkejä city-vihreille ja heidän ongelmallisesta suhteesta luonnon kanssa, mutta humoristisella ja rakkaudella hahmoja kohtaan. Voidaan kait sanoa, että "ihan kiva" on reilu ja tarkka arvio kirjasta.

i want more of this

as per title. more stories without the usual american conflicts and cartoony villains. more utopias and less dystopias. more writing that challenges our belief and makes us think, even if shortly, about the possibility of a different world. the relationship between the two characters is beautifully narrated.

is it possible to be nostalgic for another world?

sweet, beautiful, simple and short. this story came to me on the heels of a hard year, which itself was following a couple more hard years. sibling dex and mosscap were precisely the guides i needed to recenter at the end of this year and think about how to bring a little bit of tea monk energy into the next chapters of my life. i'll be rereading this one.

A hopeful vision of the future

It's easy to find dystopian science fiction. It's harder to find science fiction that provides a positive image of the future. It's not a blueprint, but you get the sense of a robust society that has overcome its most self-destructive tendencies. Very on-brand (in a good way!) for the author; if you've enjoyed her other books you will enjoy this one as well.