![]() ![]() Perhaps that’s the publishing industry and it is not fair of me to avoid books because of it. I just wish they wouldn’t shout so loudly about their woke-ness. All genders and peoples are powerful and deserve to see themselves demonstrate that power in books. I sigh a little every time I see another book that’s a feminist retelling or a queer manifesto. It has a single question and Dex cannot answer it: what do people need? Now Dex is the first human in generations to meet a robot. So defying law and custom, Dex takes off into the wild.Īfter centuries observing the untouched wilderness, the robots have begun to wonder what became of humans. The only thing that inspires them is the sound of cicadas and the idea that far beyond the human settlements the insects still sing. Now the emptiness has returned and life feels without purpose. Learning how to provide comfort to people with a cup of tea and a willing ear. Retraining a travelling tea monk was difficult at first. When the life of a gardener monk that had once fulfilled them had become empty of meaning they changed careers. ![]() Leaving humanity behind, the robots went out into the wild and haven’t been heard from since. Machines that assembled vehicles, filled water bottles and a thousand other tasks for humans became aware and decided they didn’t like what they were doing.Īll they had known was the human world they had helped build. ![]() Centuries ago, the robots of the world gained sentience. ![]()
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