Just when the world needs it comes a story of kindness and hope from one of the masters of Hopepunk.
Becky Chambers is a science fiction author based in Northern
California. She is best known for her Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers
series. Her books have also been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke
Award, the Locus Award, and the Women's Prize for Fiction, among
others.
Becky has a background in performing arts, and grew up in a family
heavily involved in space science. She spends her free time playing
video and tabletop games, keeping bees, and looking through her
telescope. Having hopped around the world a bit, she's now back in
her home state, where she lives with her wife. She hopes to see
Earth from orbit one day.
A USA Today Bestseller! A Mountains & Plains Independent
Booksellers Association Bestseller! A Locus Award Finalist! A
Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Finalist! An Indie
Bestseller!
"A Psalm for the Wild-Built begins a series that looks optimistic
and hopeful, pursuing stories that arise from abundance instead of
scarcity, kindness instead of cruelty, and I look forward to seeing
where it goes from here." --NPR "The gentle touch with which
Chambers handles her material makes the book's loftiest
philosophical aims feel grounded. With a pervading sense of
optimism and warmth, A Psalm for the Wild-Built inaugurates an
exciting series from one of science fiction's brightest stars."
--Shelf Awareness starred review "Hugo Award-winning author Becky
Chambers begins a new series with this delightful and quietly
philosophical novella that presents a hopeful glimpse into a future
where humanity actually does the right thing." --Buzzfeed
"Chambers' writing is always tender and healing, but this book has
something else braided into it -- something more... This is a book
that, for one night, made me stop asking 'what am I even for?' I'm
prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning,
kind, necessary." --Sarah Gailey "This was an optimistic vision of
a lush, beautiful world that came back from the brink of disaster.
Exploring it with the two main characters was a fun and fascinating
experience." --Martha Wells "I'm the world's biggest fan of odd
couple buddy road trips in science fiction, and this odd couple
buddy road trip is a delight: funny, thoughtful, touching, sweet,
and one of the most humane books I've read in a long time. We could
all use a read like this right now." --Sarah Pinsker "I read this
book in one sitting when I was having a really wretched day, and it
helped. It felt like a warm cup of tea made by someone who loves
me. It's a soft hug of a book, and it says 'It's okay if you're not
okay right now.' It made me cry the good sort of tears--the sort
when someone is unexpectedly kind to you at the moment you need it
most." --Alexandra Rowland "A joyful experience and, as with all of
Chambers's books, I was left with a warm, fuzzy feeling inside."
--New Scientist "The first book in Chambers' new series feels like
a moment to breathe, a novel that exists to give readers a place to
rest and think... Recommended for fans of Chambers' Wayfarers
series and The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune." --Booklist
Starred Review "Written with all of Chambers' characteristic nuance
and careful thought, this is a cozy, wholesome meditation on the
nature of consciousness and its place in the natural world. Fans of
gentle, smart, and hopeful science fiction will delight in this
promising series starter." --Publishers Weekly "Throw out that
depresso for this cozy cup of tea." --BuzzFeed "I'm so pleased that
this is the first of a series, and that there will be more of this
world, because, wow, do I want more of it. This book is the type of
reading experience I'd recommend to anyone having a hard time,
which might be a lot of people at this point... it's a comforting
story about comfort and care, as soothing to read as it is to think
about, and so full of hope and wonder and potential discovery. I
hope you'll try it." --Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
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