A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
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Themes and influences in Psalm for the Wild-Built
The following are influences that Becky Chambers noted as relevant to the Monk & Robot series.
BOOKS
- Changing Planes by Ursula K Le Guin
- The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin
- The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
- How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
- The Bonobo and the Atheist by Frans de Waal
- Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by Buckminster Fuller
- Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall
- For Small Creatures Such As We by Sasha Sagan
FILMS
- The entire filmography of Hayao Miyazaki, particularly Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and My Neighbor Totoro
- The short film Overview.
VIDEO GAMES
- Samorost
- Machinarium
- Flower
- Pyre
- Eastshade
- The Myst series
PLACES & PROJECTS
- Solar Living Center in Hopland, CA (now closed)
- Community Exchange System
- Earthships
- Chanting Benedictine nuns
- State and national parks, as well as botanical gardens
- Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan ("the most famous passage from [this video] is at the root of everything I do")
Other general concepts and ideas: solarpunk, permaculture, artificial intelligence, rewilding