#Becky Chambers

[guooey]

- A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers // kagonekoshiro

#becky chambers #cat poetry post

[thekawaiifruitworld]

Okay, so that one little sketch was so much fun that I had to expand it a bit... :D

#the long way to a small angry planet #wayfarer crew #wayfarers series #becky chambers #book recommendations #scifi #scifi novel #fanart #digital art

[a-ramblinrose]

“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live.”

― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

#quote #Becky Chambers #A Psalm For the Wild Built #Monk and Robot #i will take the sun in my mouth #current reading #current reading quotes #not out of void but out of chaos

[beartrice-inn-unnir]

10. What is your favorite genre book to recommend to someone who doesn’t usually like that genre?

Usually when people ask me for a rec for a genre they don’t usually like, they are asking for sci-fi, and I start by trying to figure out different access points based on what they already like. I’m not much of a hard sci-fi person, tending more to the space opera and political thrillers, so here’s a few “if you like x, maybe try y”:

If you like romance, give Everina Maxwell’s Winter’s Orbit a try. It’s definitely sci-fi in setting and plot, but it also hits nicely in the formulaic patterns of a arranged-marriage, strangers-to-lovers story that will help you through it even if the sci-fi elements are throwing you off. The author has another similar book that increases the sci-fi elements and is enemies-to-lovers as well, so if you like Winter’s Orbit, Ocean’s Echo is a good next step.

If you like non-fiction, The Martian by Andy Weir is a great pick. I have multiple friends who got into reading again as adults via The Martian. It’s well-written, well-grounded, funny, and very sci-fi. If you’ve already read it, then maybe give To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers a try. It can be described with all the same adjectives, plus it’s a short novella, so if you’re hesitant, it’s less intimidating.

If you like mysteries or political thrillers, boy is there a lot of great sci-fi out there for you. The crux of a lot of sci-fi is space or high-tech settings with a plot that asks questions about personhood, and that mixes really well with detectives and spies wandering around trying to solve problems and find truths. Try Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (it’s partway through a series of great books and novellas, but that one’s the most traditional mystery plot) or A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (ambassador solving her predecessor’s mysterious death while trying to do his job)(I’d also recommend this one if you read a lot of classics) EDIT: just realized I mistyped - book 1 by Arkady Martine is A Memory Called Empire.

If YA/ Bildungsromanen/ New Adult figuring the world out through trial and error is often your jam, try Provenance by Ann Leckie (for the kid who really wants to do things right) or The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold (for another kid who wants to do things right, but is also a high-energy chaos gremlin).

If you like fantasy, you probably already have read some sci-fi; it’s all under the speculative fiction umbrella and genres are vague anyway. All the same, I know this is the Locked Tomb Website, but give Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir a shot (it’s got magic and mayhem and an epic locked-room whodunnit mystery). The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord is also good - it has a team of people traveling together and thinking about morals and discovering new abilities, plus some romance.

I’m sure there’s lots of genres I’m forgetting right now, but feel free to send me another ask for any specific one!

#readers asks #winters orbit #oceans echo #everina maxwell #the Martian #andy weir #to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #fugitive telemetry #martha wells #the murderbot diaries #a desolation called peace #arkady martine #a memory called empire #provenance #ann leckie #the warriors apprentice #lois mcmaster bujold #gideon the ninth #tamsyn muir #the best of all possible worlds #karen lord

[susiephone]

Monk and Robot duology by Becky Chambers, as told in memes:

#monk and robot #a psalm for the wild built #a prayer for the crown shy #becky chambers #splendid speckled mosscap #sibling dex #booklr #bookish

[ieafy]

I’m reading Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series and this is (sort of!!) how I would imagine Pepper and Blue in my head 🥺

#ieafy draws #wayfarers #the wayfarers #becky chambers #a closed and common orbit

[dum-fan-shit]

Made a Psalm for the Wild-Built phone wallpaper for myself, so y’all can have it too. If you haven’t read this book, read it now.

#psalm for the wild built #becky chambers #books #wallpaper #it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it #prayer for the crown shy #monk and robot #manifesting a mosscap 2023

[mostlyghostie]

Latest commission off to the printers.

(I haven’t read many of these, but I love Alison Bechdel. How many have you read?)

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#my art #artists on tumblr #books #booklr #illustration #bookstack #malinda lo #ve schwab #tj klune #becky chambers #alison bechdel

[bonzoobel]

HAVING THOUGHTS. MAYBE FEELINGS. SOMETIMES BOTH.

#its literally been a year since i've drawn them because i was drawing ohan right before my brain was overtaken by the terror #i went a little crazy with ohan's curls but its okay. #post break he's just like a walking shag carpet@TO ME!!!! #ohan the solitary #the wayfarers #corbin #becky chambers #the long way to a small angry planet #tlwtasap #my art #the book is one of like 4 in my nightly rotation of audiobooks to sleep to so trust i have NOT forgotten about them

[callmemanatee]

I've heard fans say there should be a movie adaptation of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, but consider this instead: a YouTube channel with a series of "vlogs" where characters from the Wayfarers books talk about what they're up to these days.

It would be small-scale, personal, and sweet. Just like the books we've grown to love.

#wayfarers series #the long way to a small angry planet #becky chambers #a closed and common orbit #record of a spaceborn few #the galaxy and the ground within

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

THE WAYFARERS by Becky Chambers. This is one of my all-time fave go-to fluffy comfort series (with just enough heart crimes to keep things intense), and therefore is also my first ever Illumicrate order. I am Weak™ for painted edges.

#the wayfarers #becky chambers #books #book photography #illumicrate #the long way to a small angry planet #a closed and common orbit #a record of the spaceborn few #the galaxy and the ground within #I WAS NOT EXPECTING THESE TO ARRIVE AS QUICKLY AS THEY DID #i'm delighted with how easily they open also #i've never gotten illumicrate before and i was Worried lol #but they're very beautiful and feel very sturdy!! #and seriously those EDGES the edges are what sold me #i shall be posting another edges picture again please hold lol

[ph0enixart]

the way reading becky chambers feels like shes inside of my brain going shhh, i hear you i see you i understand you and its all gonna be okay and i know the world is big and messy but it shouldnt be this hard and we can acknowledge that here have some comfort characters

#becky chambers #wayfarers #monk and robot

[thekawaiifruitworld]

I've just finished reading "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" (Wayfarers Series, Becky Chambers) - which sat on my to-read list for far too long and which I loved! Its been a bit since I've last read through a book in one go, completely forgetting time - So here's a little sketch of Sissix & Ashby. :)

#the long way to a small angry planet #sissix seshkethet #ashby santoso #quick sketch #fanart #digital art #scifi #becky chambers #book recommendations #wayfarers series

[a-ramblinrose]

“If you ask six different monks the question of which godly domain robot consciousness belongs to, you’ll get seven different answers.” ― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

#A Psalm For The Wild Built #Monk and Robot #Becky Chambers #books #book photography #current reading #I did say that I'd actually take an aesthetic photo 📸 #really looking forward to this one! #Not out of void but out of chaos

[sketchinthetimeaway]

You’re an animal, Sibling Dex. You are not separate or other. You’re an animal. And animals have no purpose. Nothing has a purpose. The world simply is. If you want to do things that are meaningful to others, fine! Good! So do I! But if I wanted to crawl into a cave and watch stalagmites with Frostfrog for the remainder of my days, that would also be both fine and good. You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live. That is all most animals do.

- Psalm for the Wildbuilt by Becky Chambers

#inktober #gear #psalm for the wild built #becky chambers #lgbtq #queer #scifiart #illustration #digital art #artwork

[devils-sacrament-catering]

Becky Chambers really said neopronouns are the norm thousands of years from now in basically every species/language and only doubled down harder as her series went on and I love her for that.

#the long way to a small angry planet #wayfarers #wayfarers series #becky chambers #scifi #gender #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia