“The Robots of Eden”

Submitted by LT_Sargent on Sun, 12/08/2019 - 13:46
Title“The Robots of Eden”
Year for Search2019
AuthorsMenon, Anil [Ravindran](b. 1964)
Secondary AuthorsShawl, Nisi [Denise Angela](b. 1955)
Secondary TitleNew Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Colour
Pagination207-26
Date Published2019
PublisherSolaris
Place PublishedOxford, Eng.
ISBN Number978-1781085783 978-1-5344-4959-6 978-1328613103
KeywordsIndian author, Male author
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. 
Additional Publishers

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. 
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

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

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.