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A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Becky Chambers

First published July 2021
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Monk and Robot #1

Synopsis

On this planet, they built robots. One day the robots walked away, and began a life in the half of the world, humans leave alone. -- Sibling Dex wants to hear crickets. First they become a tea monk, and that's good for awhile, but there aren't any crickets. So they finally go looking for them again, in the wilderness. And meet a robot!

Notes

34k words according to Kobo.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2021 Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction Nominee/Finalist
2022 Hugo Award Best Novella Winner
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Runner-up
2022 Nebula Award Novella Nominee/Finalist
2022 Utopia Award Utopian Novella Winner

Publications (4)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 2021 A Psalm for the Wild-Built Tor.com Chapbook [1]
July 2021 A Psalm for the Wild-Built Tor.com Chapbook
July 2021 A Psalm for the Wild-Built Macmillan Audio Chapbook
May 2025 Monk and Robot Tor.com Collection |1