{"product_id":"9781250386335","title":"Monk and Robot","description":"\u003cp\u003eBecky Chambers' two award-winning, bestselling, beloved, and uplifting Monk and Robot stories, \u003ci\u003eA Psalm for the Wild-Built\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for the Crown-Shy\u003c\/i\u003e, together in trade paperback for the first time!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecky Chambers' delightful, post-Utopian, Hugo Award-winning series gives us hope for the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how.\u003cbr\u003eThey're going to need to ask it a \u003ci\u003elot.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecky Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book includes both \u003ci\u003eA Psalm for the Wild-Built\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for the Crown-Shy\u003c\/i\u003e in paperback for the first time!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Becky Chambers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48210843205854,"sku":"9781250386335","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0425\/4567\/6440\/files\/BNCImageAPI_44f797d0-d27b-40b7-ac04-5e4925597fb9.jpg?v=1778029636","url":"https:\/\/paragraphbooks.com\/products\/9781250386335","provider":"Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}