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Eros Philia Agape A Tor Com Original

Eros Philia Agape A Tor Com Original



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Description

Originally published on Tor.com, Rachel Swirsky's contemporary tale of love in all its forms and of one robot's quest to know it, and himself, on his own terms is a finalist for the 2010 Hugo Award and the 2010 Locus Award.
 
Rachel Swirsky's short fiction has appeared in Weird Tales, Fantasy Magazine, and Subterranean Magazine, among others, and has been collected in Year's Best anthologies edited by Rich Horton, Jonathan Strahan, and the VanderMeers. She is also the submissions editor of Podcastle, an audio fantasy magazine.

 


Details

  • Published on: 2010-06-02
  • Released on: 2010-06-08
  • Format: Kindle Book

Reviews

A thoughtful story by a talented writer.4
The use of the interaction of humans with humanoid robots as a means to explore what it is to be human is not a new theme, but Zwirsky uses it skillfully in this tightly woven short story to take a poignant look at humanity and human needs. I got this and another of her stories as free downloads on Kindle. I'm now a fan. (Unfortunately, Kindle doesn't seem to have any other of her works.)

Interesting loose ends4
I enjoyed it. There's so much more that could be fleshed out in a longer story but sometimes it is thought provoking to wonder about the loose ends.

decent read3
The story in this book wasn't to bad. The ending left a lot to be desired. It just kinda stops with no explanation about what comes next in the characters lives. Its rather a depressing story really about a woman so lonley she goes to extreme measures to find someone she can relate to only to be hurt worse then she was before. I like my stories to have a somewhat happy ending and this one fell far from that