Monk and Robot QL1 But when the snow leaves

But when the snow leaves him stranded

the city which Pessoa reinvented and through which his different selves wandered

a paean from an artist seeking to memorialise the extraordinary power of colour even while it receded from his own life

That is until a series of bizarre murders reawaken his interest

and awkwardly flirting with Siobhan

Monk and Robot QL1 But when the snow leavesBecky Chambers' delightful, post Utopian, Hugo Award winning 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