The Secret Life of Bots
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"The Secret Life of Bots" is a 2017 science fiction story by Suzanne Palmer. It was first published in Clarkesworld Magazine.
Synopsis
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]"The Secret Life of Bots" won the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette[2] and the WSFA Small Press Award. Tangent Online considered it to be "charming", with "vivid, interesting characters", and noted the robots have "individuality and multitudes of personalities".[3]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Hugo Award | Novelette | Won | [2] |
| Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated | ||
| Theodore Sturgeon Award | — | Finalist | ||
| WSFA Small Press Award | — | Won |
References
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- ^ Clarkesworld #132, September 2017, reviewed by Filip Wintgren, at Tangent Online; published September 19, 2017; retrieved August 22, 2018
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