'100 years after Karel Capek coined the word, "robots" are an everyday idea, and the inspiration for countless stories in books, film, TV and games.
'They are often among the least privileged, most unfairly used of us, and the more robots are like humans, the more interesting they become. This collection of stories is where robots stand in for us, where both we and they are disadvantaged, and where hope and optimism shines through.' (Publication summary)
Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
A Guide for Working Breeds by Vina Jie-Min Prasad
The Endless, Saad Z. Hossain
Brother Rifle, Daryl Gregory
The Hurt Pattern, Tochi Onyebuchi
Idols, Ken Liu
Bigger Fish, Sarah Pinsker
Sonnie's Union, Peter F. Hamilton
Dancing with Death, John Chu
Polished Performance, Alastair Reynolds
An Elephant Never Forgets, Rich Larson
The Translator, Annalee Newitz
Sin Eater, Ian R. MacLeod
Fairy Tales for Robots, Sofia Samatar
Chiaroscuro in Red, Suzanne Palmer
A Glossary of Radicalization, Brooke Bolander