{"product_id":"ode-to-the-half-broken-9780756419585","title":"Ode to the Half-Broken [Palmer, Suzanne]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSuzanne Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForty years ago, the world nearly ended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBe 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 legs stolen, they set out to find the thief accompanied by a cyborg dog and a human mechanic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 impossible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a story about coming to terms with your past, with who you've become and who you still want to be: a tale of resilience and hope, an ode to those struggling to become whole in a world half-broken.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.08oz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780756419585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44861061169328,"sku":"9780756419585b","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/files\/img_d7beeeb3-197d-4ab0-b672-229897603059.jpg?v=1764362183","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/ode-to-the-half-broken-9780756419585","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}