“The Robots of Eden”

Year for Search
2019
Secondary Title
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Colour
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Annotation

Much of the story seems to be about the relationships within and Indian family. Then, it is gradually revealed that some of the people have been “enhanced” through an implant that counters negative emotions. From the viewpoint of the protagonist, the results are entirely positive, but what happens within the story suggests the opposite. 

Pagination
207-26
Published Date

2019

Publisher
Solaris
Place Published
Oxford, Eng.
ISBN Number
978-1781085783 978-1-5344-4959-6 978-1328613103
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2019 Menon, Anil [Ravindran] (b. 1964). “The Robots of Eden.” New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Colour. Ed. Nisi [Denise Angela] Shawl (Oxford, Eng.: Solaris, 2019), 207-26. Rpt. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Volume 1. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (New York: Saga Press, 2020), 193-211, with an editor’s note on 193; and in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020. Ed. Diana Gabaldon (Boston, MA: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020), 306-22, with a note on the author together with the author’s note on the story on 399. PSt 

Much of the story seems to be about the relationships within and Indian family. Then, it is gradually revealed that some of the people have been “enhanced” through an implant that counters negative emotions. From the viewpoint of the protagonist, the results are entirely positive, but what happens within the story suggests the opposite. Indian author with a doctorate in computer science from Syracuse University.

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Rpt. in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Volume 1. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (New York: Saga Press, 2020), 193-211, with an editor’s note on 193; and in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020. Ed. Diana Gabaldon (Boston, MA: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020), 306-22, with a note on the author together with the author’s note on the story on 399. 

Author Note

Indian author with a doctorate in computer science from Syracuse University.

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