| International Standard Book Number |
9780756420130
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780756419585
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| International Standard Book Number |
0756419581
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
813/.6
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| Personal Name |
Palmer, Suzanne (Science fiction writer), author.
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| Title Statement |
Ode to the half-broken / Suzanne Palmer.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
?202
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| Imprint |
New York : DAW Books, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
406 pages ; 22 c
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| Summary, Etc. |
"In the abandoned New York Botanical Gardens, forty years after the world nearly ended, a worn-out robot is attacked, and realizes old evils are stirring. Wrestling with themes of loneliness, connection, and purpose, this hope-punk sci-fi is for fans of Becky Chambers's Monk & Robot duology-featuring a cyborg dog!"-- Provided by publishe
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| Summary, Etc. |
Forty years ago, the world nearly ended. Be is an old robot who was there, and doesn't want to think about what happened, or what role they played in that conflict. They have settled into a life of isolation in the abandoned ruins of an old mill in the former New York Botanical Gardens, disinterested in what has happened in the outside world since they stepped away from the war. Someone out there, though, has not forgotten about them, and when they are attacked, their person vandalized, and one of their leg stolen, they set out to find the thief accompanied by a cyborg dog and a human mechanic. The world has changed, but the recovery from the war is uneven and faltering, and Be begins to suspect a malicious hand trying to rekindle the old conflict and finish what was started. In order to stop them, Be needs to come to terms with both their own past and who they have become, and how everything and everyone else they knew has changed in their absence. Being left alone is no longer an option, and peace may be impossibl
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Social isolation Fictio
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Imaginary wars and battles Fictio
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Theft Fictio
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Robots Fictio
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Imaginary wars and battle
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Thef
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Social isolatio
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Dystopian fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Science fiction.
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