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Title: The Secret Life of Bots Title Record # 2250846
Author: Suzanne Palmer
Date: 2017-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Bot 9
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 9.00 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
2019Translated by 中原尚哉
Japanese
知られざるボットの世界?しられざるボットのせかい
Shirarezaru Botto no Sekai
[as by
スザンヌ・パーマー?Suzannu Pāmā
Suzannu Paamaa
]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Secret Life of Bots 450 450 477 538 643 856 1403
Wind Will Rove 400 402 436 469 553 697
Series of Steaks 292 294 316 363 420
Children of Thorns 241 244 281 350
Extracurricular Activities 248 248 267
Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time 156 157
No Award 48 73
Preference 1835 1795 1777 1720 1616 1553 1476
No Preference 0 40 58 115 219 282 359
Total Votes 1835 1835 1835 1835 1835 1835 1835
107 nominating ballots (14.10%) with 63.95 final points.
2018 Hugo Best Novelette
Win 2018 WSFA Small Press WSFA Small Press Award
16 2018 Locus Best Novelette
Finalists 2018 Sturgeon Best Short Science Fiction
Finalists (as
知られざるボットの世界?しられざるボットのせかい
Shirarezaru Botto no Sekai
)
2020 Seiun Best Translated Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Clarkesworld, September 2017 2017-09-00 ed. Neil Clarke Wyrm Publishing  
$3.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Vladimir Manyukhin  
Clarkesworld, September 2017 2017-09-00 ed. Neil Clarke Wyrm Publishing 978-1-890464-89-9
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
142
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
mag Vladimir Manyukhin  
The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve 2018-03-20 ed. Jonathan Strahan Solaris 978-1-78618-100-8
$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Adam Tredowski Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve 2018-03-23 ed. Jonathan Strahan Solaris 978-1-78108-573-8
$19.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
657
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Adam Tredowski Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 3 2018-04-03 ed. Neil Clarke Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-936-8
$17.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
xii+
611
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Chris McGrath Checkmark
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 3 2018-04-03 ed. Neil Clarke Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-619-0
$13.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Chris McGrath  
The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve 2018-04-17 ed. Jonathan Strahan Recorded Books  
$41.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth Adam Tredowski  
The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF: Volume 4 2018-06-05 ed. David Afsharirad Baen Books 978-1-4814-8332-2
$16.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
335
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Melissa Gay Checkmark
The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF: Volume 4 2018-06-05 ed. David Afsharirad Baen Books 978-1-62579-649-3
$8.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Melissa Gay  
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018 2018-07-17 ed. Rich Horton Prime Books 978-1-60701-529-1
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Tithi Luadthong  
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2018 Edition 2018-07-17 ed. Rich Horton Prime Books 978-1-60701-526-0
$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
576
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Tithi Luadthong Checkmark
S-Fマガジン 2010年02月号, #730?Esu-Efu Magajin 2019-nen 02-gatsu Gō, #730
S-F Magajin 2019-nen 02-gatsu Gō, #730
S-F Magajin 2019-nen 02-gatsu Gou, #730
Esu-Efu Magajin 2019-nen 02-gatsu Gou, #730
2019-02-00 ed.
塩澤快浩?しおざわよしひろ
Shiozawa Yoshihiro
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
 
¥1,296?¥: Japanese yen. ISO code: JPY
 
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag  
The New Voices of Science Fiction 2019-11-05 ed. Hannu Rajaniemi, Jacob Weisman Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-292-0
$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Matt Dixon Checkmark
The New Voices of Science Fiction 2019-11-13 ed. Hannu Rajaniemi, Jacob Weisman Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-291-3
$17.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
v+
414+
[1]
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Matt Dixon  
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 3 2020-09-08 ed. Neil Clarke Recorded Books 978-1-9800-5968-4
$29.39?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth Chris McGrath  
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