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Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
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A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.
An instant USA Today and indie bestseller!
Indie Next pick Library Reads pick Best of the Year at Elle, Gizmodo, Reactor, Library Journal, and more!
You don't have to eat food to know the way to a city's heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food--the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around--for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war.
But when their robot-run business starts causing a stir, a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis. To keep their doors open, they'll have to call on their customers, their community, and each other--and find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasn't built for them.
Awards:
- Finalist: 2026 Hugo Awards (Best Novella category)
- Finalist: 2026 Nebula Awards (Best Novella category)
- Finalist: 2026 Locus Awards
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Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
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THEMES
Cozy Sci-fi, dystopian, robots, restaurants, San Francisco,
SPICE LEVEL
0 - No spice, very little romance
SUGGESTED AGE RANGE
- Adults
- Teens & young adults
GENRE
- Sci-fi
- Food & cooking
- Humor & comedy
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the USA Today bestselling author of the novella Automatic Noodle, the books Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age and Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind, and the novels The Terraformers (a Nebula Award finalist), The Future of Another Timeline (winner of the Sidewise Award), and Autonomous (winner of a Lambda Literary Award). As a science journalist, they are a writer for the New York Times and elsewhere, and have a monthly column in New Scientist. They have published in The Washington Post, Slate, Popular Science, Ars Technica, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among others. They are also the co-host of the three-time Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct. Previously, they were the founder of io9, and served as the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Pages: 176
Series: Not part of a series
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Tordotcom
Publication Date: August 05, 2025
ISBN: 9781250357465
Size: 0.7" H x 8.2" L x 5.33" W (0.54 lbs)
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