"The Secret Life of Bots" is a 2017 science fiction story by Suzanne Palmer. It was first published in Clarkesworld.
Synopsis
Autonomous maintenance robots take on a much larger role in saving a spaceship from aliens than the ship's human crew could have ever suspected. [1]
Reception
"The Secret Life of Bots" won the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette [2] Tangent Online considered it to be "charming", with "vivid, interesting characters", and noted the robots have "individuality and multitudes of personalities". [3]
References
- ^ "REVIEW: "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer". 18 December 2017.
- ^ 2018 Hugo Awards at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 22 2018
- ^ Clarkesworld #132, September 2017, reviewed by Filip Wintgren, at Tangent Online; published September 19, 2017; retrieved August 22, 2018
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"The Secret Life of Bots" is a 2017 science fiction story by Suzanne Palmer. It was first published in Clarkesworld.
Synopsis
Autonomous maintenance robots take on a much larger role in saving a spaceship from aliens than the ship's human crew could have ever suspected. [1]
Reception
"The Secret Life of Bots" won the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette [2] Tangent Online considered it to be "charming", with "vivid, interesting characters", and noted the robots have "individuality and multitudes of personalities". [3]
References
- ^ "REVIEW: "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer". 18 December 2017.
- ^ 2018 Hugo Awards at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 22 2018
- ^ Clarkesworld #132, September 2017, reviewed by Filip Wintgren, at Tangent Online; published September 19, 2017; retrieved August 22, 2018