{"product_id":"ode-to-the-half-broken","title":"Ode to the Half-Broken","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Readers will quickly get pulled into the setting, love the characters, and root for the good guys. Fans of dystopian sf will find something to enjoy in this book.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Booklist (starred review) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWrestling with themes of loneliness, connection, and purpose, this hope-punk sci-fi is for fans of Becky Chambers's Monk \u0026amp; Robot duology--featuring a cyborg dog!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty years ago the world nearly ended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBe was there, but the old robot has since settled into a life of isolation in the abandoned New York Botanical Gardens, determined to forget their role in that cataclysmic conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut then they wake up in a bathtub. And their leg is missing. And the only one to ask for help is a very chatty cyborg dog. Be may want to forget the world, but it seems the world hasn't forgotten them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForced out of solitude, Be embarks on a quest to reclaim their leg, accompanied by that talkative (read: smart-ass) dog and a human mechanic with nightmares of her own. Their motley crew soon discovers that recovery from the war is uneven and faltering, and Be begins to suspect a malicious hand trying to rekindle old conflicts. In order to stop them, Be needs to come to terms with both their own past and who they have become. Being left alone is no longer an option, and peace may be impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tale of resilience and hope, this is an ode to those struggling to become whole in a world half-broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzanne Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e has been nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and the Eugie Foster Award. Her short fiction has won reader's awards for \u003ci\u003eAsimov's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInterzone\u003c\/i\u003e magazines, and was listedin \u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine'\u003c\/i\u003es Recommended Reading. Her work has been included in numerous anthologies, including the \u003ci\u003e35th Annual Year's Best Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Gardner Dozois and volumes two and three of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Science Fiction of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Neil Clarke.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suzanne Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51501826801949,"sku":"9780756419585","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780756419585.jpg?v=1779905699","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/ode-to-the-half-broken","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}