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Becky Chambers (born May 3, 1985) [1] is an American science fiction writer. She is the author of the Hugo Award -winning Wayfarers series as well as novellas including To Be Taught, If Fortunate (2019) and the Monk & Robot series, which begins with the Hugo Award-winning A Psalm for the Wild-Built (2021).
In 2012, Becky Chambers started a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, hoping to raise $2,500 so that she could work half-time for two months to finish the book. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She stated her intent to find a regular publisher, but noted that self-publication would be a fallback option.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built is a 2021 solarpunk novella written by American author Becky Chambers, published by Tor Books on July 13, 2021. [1] It is the first book in the Monk & Robot duology, followed by A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, which was released on July 12, 2022. It won the Hugo Award in 2022.
Chambers wrote the novel out of a desire to see "real people" centered in a narrative that takes place in space, as science fiction generally focuses on what she refers to as "the elite". [ 1 ] The title phrase comes from the opening audio recording on the Voyager Golden Record , spoken by Kurt Waldheim , Secretary-General of the United Nations ...
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A Closed and Common Orbit was a finalist for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel. [1]At The Guardian, Adam Roberts noted that, although the novel is a sequel, it "works as a standalone story"; he also observed that it shares the first book's strengths (including "complex characters" and "sheer likability") and weaknesses (including "a tendency for characters to pootle about rather than move the ...