FELC Book Club will meet Sunday, November 10, 1:00 pm, at the home of Vincent Hill and Anne Wiebe. Potluck lunch, followed by a discussion of A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers. Copies are available (but in high demand) at Austin Public Library and available for purchase at Ebay and Bookfinder.
Here’s a summary: In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers’ delightful new Monk and Robot series, gives us hope for the future. It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of “what do people need?” is answered.
The book for December 8 is The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, available at Austin Public Library.