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Free Fiction: "Evil Robot Monkey" by Mary Robinette Kowal
Grasping for the Wind —
... On her blog, Mary Robinette Kowal has posted pdf (with illustrations), audio and html versions of her Hugo nominated short story "Evil Robot Monkey" for your reading pleasure. ...
March 25, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
... Hardy on Adverbidly Yours. The Book Publicity Blog on What journos need to know about pubs. Peter Sagal on Do 'Childish Things' Include 'Lord Of The Rings'? Kassia Krozser on If I Were A Gatekeeper. News Ted Chiang's "Exhalation" is available for download. Scott Edelman's "Petrified" is available for download. Mary Robinette Kowal's "Evil Robot Monkey" is available in a variety of formats. George R. R. Martin ...
SF Tidbits for 3/25/09
SF Signal —
... Mary Robinette Kowal has posted and illustrated (!) PDF version and an audio version of her Hugo-nominated story, "Evil Robot Monkey". The list of ...
Hugo nominated stories available for free
SFScope —
Hugo nominee Mary Robinette Kowal writes that she has posted her story, "Evil Robot Monkey", for Hugo consideration. "It's up in three versions. Audio, text and a pdf that I illustrated. I was an art major back in the day and this is the way I kept myself amused while waiting for the Hugo ballot to be officially announced." [Editor's note: Hugo nominees were informed of their places on the ballot before its official release.] Her story is available at this link . In addition, ...
Friday Free Fiction for 27th March
Futurismic —
... Mary Robinette Kowal is a Hugo nominee, too; go check out her “Evil Robot Monkey” ...
18 Recently Free SF/F Stories
SF Signal —
... Universe in the Bottom of a Cereal Box" (switch.blade Anthology, 2002) Amy Sterling Casil: "To Kiss the Star" (F & SF, February 2001) Brenda W. Clough: "A Mighty Fortress" (Helix, July 2007) Brenda W. Clough: "Grow Your Own" (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July 2000) Brenda W. Clough: "Revise the World" Anne Harris: Accidental Creatures (Tor, 1998) Mary Robinette Kowal: "Evil Robot Monkey" (The Solaris Book of New SF Anthology #2, 2008) D. D. Levine: "Sun ...
The 2009 Hugo Awards: The Short Story Shortlist
Asking the Wrong Questions —
... makes him such a bad writer. A lot of good suggestions have been made, but to my mind his greatest failing is and has always been the one encapsulated by "Article of Faith"--his ability to take a subject that underpins some of science fiction's seminal works, write his own spin on it which is neither innovative nor unusual nor particularly good, and send it out into the world without a hint of embarrassment or self-awareness. Misunderstood robots also appear in Mary Robinette Kowal's "Evil Robot Monkey," which beats "Article of Faith" hands down in terms of prose and its ...
Reminder: “Shoggoths in Bloom” discussion, and future schedule
Torque Control —
... by Charles Coleman Finlay
31 May: “The Tear” by Ian McDonald
7 June: “True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum and Cory Doctorow
14 June: “Truth” by Robert Reed
And then the short stories on Wednesdays and Sundays, like this:
17 June: “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson
21 June: “Article of Faith” by Mike Resnick
24 June: “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal
28 June: “From Babel’s ...
REVIEW: 2009 Hugo Award Short Fiction Nominees
SF Signal —
... "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson "Evil Robot Monkey" by Mary Robinette Kowal "From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled" by Michael Swanwick "Article of Faith" by Mike Resnick
Individual story reviews follow... ...
Reminder: “Truth” discussion and short story schedule
Torque Control —
... which you can read online here. I’ll be travelling on Sunday afternoon, so the post will go up on Sunday evening.
And as a reminder, the schedule to get through the remaining short stories before the voting deadline (”Exhalation” having been already covered):
17 June: “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson
21 June: “Article of Faith” by Mike Resnick
24 June: “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal
28 June: “From Babel’s Fall’n ...
KGB Fantastic Fiction 6/17/09 Post-apocalyptic Barter Skills
Tor.com —
... , who you may know as the most recent winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, a Hugo nominee for her story “Evil Robot Monkey,” or the author of many fine short fictions. ...
Hugo Nominee: “Evil Robot Monkey”
Torque Control —
... . The story is here — and at 942 words, if you’ve got time to read this post, you’ve got time to read the story (is it the shortest piece ever to be nominated for a Hugo?). ...
2009 Hugo Best Short Story Spotlight
Tor.com —
... “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal (originally appeared in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two) ...
