A Prayer for the Crown-Shy: 2 (Monk & Robot) (edition 2022)

by Becky Chambers (Author)

Series: Monk & Robot (2)

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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML: A USA Today Bestseller! "Tender and healing... I'm prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning, kind, necessary." �??Sarah Gailey on book 1: A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness and love from one of the foremost practitioners of hopeful SF. After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe. Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people have what they want, does having more even matter? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.… (more)

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Title:	A Prayer for the Crown-Shy: 2 (Monk & Robot)
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Wonderful. Just lovely. Becky Chamber's writing reminds me of a Ghibli film. (

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coprime | May 19, 2024 |

Se que los libros de Chambers no siempre son para todo el mundo. Pero para mi acierta de lleno siempre.

Esta segunda entrega de sus novellas con Dex y Mosscap como protagonistas sigue siendo una taza de té agradable después de un día largo de viaje. Nunca mejor dicho.

Toca muchos temas sobre a que tipo de sociedad podríamos aspirar y es muy feel good (como ya son en gran parte sus libros). Me ha gustado especialmente la representación en todos sus aspectos, pero en especial, el de la familia poliamorosa, algo poco a poco más habitual.

No nos engañemos, lo volveré a comprar traducido. Como todo lo de Chambers.

Leed a Becky Chambers. (

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Cabask | Mar 27, 2024 |

I just love this series. So thoughtful, kind, tender, meaningful, and thought-provoking. (

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teejayhanton | Mar 22, 2024 |

I have a complaint about this book! It's too short! I love Becky Chambers' writing so much, and hate waiting in between. (

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ledonnelly | Mar 11, 2024 |

I am honestly not quite sure how I feel about this one. I still enjoyed the world, and it was a cozy and easy read, but this time the philosophizing felt a bit more forced, a bit ham-fisted.

And the ending was not especially satisfying. It works as an ending for an ongoing series, it also works as an end for the series all together if the author chooses to not write more, but it felt more like the author ran out of pages than a natural conclusion to the characters story.

It was worth reading, I always enjoy Becky Chambers' writing, and I can't say it didn't make me think about the nature of our purpose in life, but this is not one I will be going back to. (

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Kellswitch | Mar 1, 2024 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Chambers, Becky	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Foltzer, Christine	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Ruan, Feifei	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Will, Karin	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Awards

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (Shortlist – Nouvelle/Novella étrangère – 2024)

Locus Award (Winner – Novella – 2023)

Nebula Award (Nominee – Novella – 2022)

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The Best Books: Book Recommendations from the Multnomah County Library (Adults – 2022)

BPL Staff Picks: Best Reads of the Year (2023)

King County Library System Best Books (Fiction Books – 2022)

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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

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2022-07-12

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Sibling Dex

Splendid Speckled Mosscap

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Epigraph

Praise to the Parents.
Praise to Trikilli, of the Threads.
Praise to Grylom, of the Inanimate.
Praise to Bosh, of the Cycle.

Praise to their Children.
Praise to Chal, of Constructs.
Praise to Samafar, of Mysteries.
Praise to Allalae, of Small Comforts.

They do not speak, yet we know them.
They do not think, yet we mind them.
They are not as we are.
We are of them.

We are the work of the Parents.
We do the work of the Children.
Without use of constructs, you will unravel few mysteries.
Without knowledge of mysteries, your constructs will fail.
Find the strength to pursue both, for these are our prayers.
And to that end, welcome comfort, for without it, you cannot stay strong.

—From The Insights of the Six, West Buckland Edition

Dedication

For anybody who doesn't know where they're going

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The thing about fucking off to the woods is that unless you are a very particular, very rare sort of person, it does not take long to understand why people left said woods in the first place.

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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:

A USA Today Bestseller!
"Tender and healing... I'm prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning, kind, necessary." �??Sarah Gailey on book 1: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness and love from one of the foremost practitioners of hopeful SF.
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home.
They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe.
Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people have what they want, does having more even matter?
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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