Evil Robot Monkey

Evil Robot Monkey

I have three version of Evil Robot Monkey to offer for your consideration as one of the Hugo nominees for Short Story.  It was originally published in the Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, vol. 2 edited by George Mann. You may download a pdf of “Evil Robot Monkey“, illustrated by me. I do layout

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Actually, it turns out that John Nichols posted all of the stories we read in neatly discrete chunks. Very exciting! My stories: Nails in my Feet Trip, Trap, Tripping http://ljsummit.com/wordpress/evil-robot-monkey-by-mary-robinette-kowal Things we read together: Denise Jones, Super Booker by John Scalzi The State of Super Villiany by John Scalzi Scalzi, solo: Missives from Possible Futures

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Sale! “Evil Robot Monkey” to Gardner Dozois’s Year’s Best!

I’m stunned. “Evil Robot Monkey” will be appearing in Gardner Dozois’s Year’s Best Science Fiction. You know, there were anthologies that I regularly bought before I started writing seriously. This is one of them, because the selections were always thought-provoking and that’s what I loved about SF. And to have one of my stories in

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Sale! “Evil Robot Monkey” to Rich Horton’s Science Fiction: The Best of the Year

I’m delighted that “Evil Robot Monkey” will be appearing in Mr. Horton’s anthology, Science Fiction: The Best of the Year 2009. This is the second of my stories that he’s taken and I’m thrilled that he continues to enjoy what I do. Here’s a snippet of Evil Robot Monkey, as a teaser. Sliding his hands

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Audio: Evil Robot Monkey

Evil Robot Monkey first appeared in the Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, volume 2. To test a new microphone, ((A Blue Snowball mic, which I think I might love)) I decided to record this because it is darn short. Here you go. Six minutes of science-fiction. [audio:https://cfa57c.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/audio/evilrobotmonkey.mp3] Sliding his hands over the clay, Sly

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The Fix reviews The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume 2

The Fix gave a lovely favorable review to The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume 2, edited by George Mann. It included this bit: Mary Robinette Kowal’s “Evil Robot Monkey,” the shortest piece in this anthology, is a smart tale about monkeys with implants and a cautionary tale of how intelligence can sometimes be

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