"The Secret Life of Bots" is a 2017 science fiction story by Suzanne Palmer. It was first published in Clarkesworld Magazine.
Synopsis
editAutonomous 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"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
edit- ^ "REVIEW: "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer". 18 December 2017.
- ^ a b "2018 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Award. March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ Clarkesworld #132, September 2017, reviewed by Filip Wintgren, at Tangent Online; published September 19, 2017; retrieved August 22, 2018
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Suzanne Palmer". isfdb.org. Retrieved March 4, 2024.