A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
| Title | A Prayer for the Crown-Shy |
| Year for Search | 2022 |
| Authors | Chambers, Becky [Rebecca Marie](b. 1985) |
| Pagination | 152 pp. |
| Date Published | 2022 |
| Publisher | Tor.com/Tom Doherty Associates |
| Place Published | New York |
| ISBN Number | 978-1250236234 |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | Second volume of two following 2021 Chambers, A Psalm for the Weild-Built. In this volume, Dex and Mosscap travel across Panga visiting people trying to get the answer to the question the robots have of what do humans need and how can the robots help. They first visit a prosperous woodland village, then an equally prosperous riverside village, a small oceanside settlement that is strongly against technology, and the monk’s family, before heading toward their intended last stop, the City. But they take a detour during which they consider what they have learned. One practice appears to be the standard means of exchange, the Peb or Digital Pebble which are given by one person for a service rendered and then that person gives it to another for their service, all recorded on pocket computers. Dex explains that “the point of a peb exchange is to acknowledge someone’s labor and thank them for what they bring to the community” (38). |
| Holding Institutions | Public |
| Author Note | Female author |
| Full Text | 2022 Chambers, Becky [Rebecca Marie] (b. 1985). A Prayer for the Crown-Shy. New York: Tor.com/Tom Doherty Associates. 152 pp. Public Second volume of two following 2021 Chambers, A Psalm for the Weild-Built. In this volume, Dex and Mosscap travel across Panga visiting people trying to get the answer to the question the robots have of what do humans need and how can the robots help. They first visit a prosperous woodland village, then an equally prosperous riverside village, a small oceanside settlement that is strongly against technology, and the monk’s family, before heading toward their intended last stop, the City. But they take a detour during which they consider what they have learned. One practice appears to be the standard means of exchange, the Peb or Digital Pebble which are given by one person for a service rendered and then that person gives it to another for their service, all recorded on pocket computers. Dex explains that “the point of a peb exchange is to acknowledge someone’s labor and thank them for what they bring to the community” (38). Female author. |
