Not Rated Insufficient Speculative Element
(Mainstream) In China, a young window washer loses her job to automation. (2,359 words; Time: 07m)
"Sparrow," by Yilin Wang [bio] (edited by Neil Clarke), appeared in Clarkesworld issue 145, published on October 1, 2018.
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Review: 2018.539 (A Word for Authors)
This story would be unchanged if the protagonist lost her job due to any kind of automation; nothing here depends on int being window-cleaning. And window-cleaning drones are already being demoed, so what little speculation there is is extremely obvious.
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This story would be unchanged if the protagonist lost her job due to any kind of automation; nothing here depends on int being window-cleaning. And window-cleaning drones are already being demoed, so what little speculation there is is extremely obvious.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 145)
Yilin Wang Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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