

We learn more about Dex’s world as the story goes on, pertinently that centuries earlier, the Factory Age ended when robots gained sentience, announced they’d like to leave and then did so, walking off into the wilderness. A Psalm for the Wild-Built Becky ChambersĪs the story opens, our main character Sibling Dex is deciding to cease gardening for their monastery, and instead follow a new calling as a travelling Tea Monk.

Go ahead and nestle into a functional utopia for a little while-pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy it. The most wholesomely self-indulgent thing you can do this summer is stretch out with A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers’ new novella about a travelling monk philosophizing with a thoughtful robot.
