Fantasy novels usually talk about worlds which don’t exist in reality. Such category of novels take us into the world of the dreams. Becky Chambers also tells about such a dream world but the issues which are discussed in the novel are linked to the real world and they have their importance without any kind of doubt.
The motives present in the novel made it a huge success from the day when it was launched. The robots of Panga were made to serve mankind and they were programed to take care of the human needs.
Slowly the robots gained control of their minds and they started working like an independent machine. This self-awareness made them able to decide for themselves without the will of their human masters. One day all of them went into the wilderness and then they never returned to the human world again. No one was able to find them and people thought that the robots were lost forever. After many years, one of those robots remerge to the scene and it comes to a monk to ask the question that what the humans need.
Different humans answer the question differently and this confuses the robots once again. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and A Closed and Common Orbit were with crazy topics of their own while this is just out of this world. No one can think in this way like Becky. Emmett Grosland slowly starts the narration and then the voice of the robots is adjusted according to the situation. The robots don’t get angry or show any such emotion rather they evolve psychologically by observing the humans.