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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. 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.

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""This is a story--about building community despite adversity, fighting for your rights and individuality, and creating art that you want to see in the world--that I didn't know I needed right now. And it was so much fun to read!""--Martha Wells, author of The Murderbot Diaries and Witch King ""This book will make you hungry. It will also keep you warm.""--Becky Chambers, author of the Monk and Robot series ""No one writes robots better than Annalee Newitz.""--Interzone Magazine ""Newitz packs this tale with simmering action, endearing characters, and political savvy, topping it all off with generous dollops of humor and imagination. It's delicious.""-Publisher's Weekly (starred review) ""A feel-good hopepunk story... highly recommended.""-Library Journal (starred review) ""Robots Staybehind, Sweetie, Cayenne and Hands will capture readers' hearts.""--Los Angeles Times ""This sweet, heart (and stomach) warming novella is a certified cozy read, rich with meaning for queer readers, enjoyably familiar to San Francisco lovers. Perfect for fans both of Becky Chambers' Monk & Robot series and Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes.... Newitz has gifted sf readers with a hopeful, postapocalyptic found-family tale.""-Booklist (starred review) ""Both heartwarming and pointed.""-Kirkus (starred review) ""Partly a love letter to San Francisco, it's also a sharp and timely satire.... Newitz brings off an impressive balancing act despite the challenge they've set for themselves: convincing us of the possibility of a feel-good island surviving in a dystopian sea.""-Locus ""A deceptively breezy, sneakily poignant, culinary dystopian redemption tale that blends the pleasures of a heist, a satirical romp, and The Bear. Smart, inventive, and fun.""--Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and Moonglow ""A love letter to community, identity, San Francisco, and noodles, Automatic Noodle also is a searing commentary on capitalism and our algorithm-driven culture. In other words, it's like the perfect bowl of noodles: delicious and comforting with just enough spice to kick your senses and clear your sinuses.""--Mike Chen, bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood and A Quantum Love Story ""The characters and their dilemmas are so vivid and believable. I choked up more than once and I cheered. Lovely stuff! A cool, joyous post-apocalyptic fable for our divided times.""--M. R. Carey, USA Today bestselling author of The Girl with All the Gifts ""This heartwarming tale of found family, exquisite food, and loveable bots overcoming society's flawed codes will make readers say, 'Yes, chef!'""--Samit Basu, author of The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

Praise for Automatic Noodle: ""The characters and their dilemmas are so vivid and believable. I choked up more than once and I cheered. Lovely stuff! A cool, joyous post-apocalyptic fable for our divided times.""--M. R. Carey, USA Today bestselling author of The Girl with All the Gifts ""This heartwarming tale of found family, exquisite food, and loveable bots overcoming society's flawed codes will make readers say, 'Yes, chef!'""--Samit Basu, author of The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport Praise for The Terraformers: ""A vibrant, quirky vision of endless potential earned by heroism, love and wit.""--The Washington Post ""An ingenious, galaxy-brain book.""--Los Angeles Times ""Newitz always sees to the heart of complex systems and breaks them down with poetic ferocity.""--N. K. Jemisin, author of the Broken Earth trilogy and The City We Became ""So engaging, you could almost miss the pyrotechnic world-building and bone-deep intelligence. Newitz continues doing some of the best work in the field.""--James S. A. Corey, author of the Expanse series ""Newitz performs a staggering feat of revolutionary imagination in this hopeful space-opera. . . . With the ethos of Becky Chambers and the gonzo imagination of Samuel R. Delany, this feels like a new frontier in science fiction.""--Publishers Weekly, STARRED review ""Nothing short of magical. After reading The Terraformers you will want to live in Annalee Newitz's future.""--Javier Grillo-Marxuach, creator of The Middleman and producer on Lost and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance ""With an intriguing mixture of AI, intelligent animals, cyborgs, and humans, Newitz depicts a complex but hopeful future where environmental consciousness and people's rights take precedence.""--Buzzfeed ""Magnificently fun.... The Terraformers explores the future effects of climate change, personhood, scientific advances and more with imagination, intelligence and optimism.""--Ms. Magazine ""Far-reaching and ambitious but also surprisingly cozy and warm. . . . Newitz has a true gift for digging into weighty issues while maintaining light humor, a delightful queer sensibility, and pure moments of joy.""--Booklist, STARRED review ""Warm, imaginative and often funny.""--BookPage ""Undoubtedly destined to become a classic of the hopepunk movement . . . If you've been looking for an antidote to the apocalypse, this novel is for you.""--San Francisco Chronicle

"Praise for The Terraformers: ""A vibrant, quirky vision of endless potential earned by heroism, love and wit.""--The Washington Post ""An ingenious, galaxy-brain book.""--Los Angeles Times ""Newitz always sees to the heart of complex systems and breaks them down with poetic ferocity.""--N. K. Jemisin, author of the Broken Earth trilogy and The City We Became ""So engaging, you could almost miss the pyrotechnic world-building and bone-deep intelligence. Newitz continues doing some of the best work in the field.""--James S. A. Corey, author of the Expanse series ""Newitz performs a staggering feat of revolutionary imagination in this hopeful space-opera. . . . With the ethos of Becky Chambers and the gonzo imagination of Samuel R. Delany, this feels like a new frontier in science fiction.""--Publishers Weekly, STARRED review ""Nothing short of magical. After reading The Terraformers you will want to live in Annalee Newitz's future.""--Javier Grillo-Marxuach, creator of The Middleman and producer on Lost and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance ""With an intriguing mixture of AI, intelligent animals, cyborgs, and humans, Newitz depicts a complex but hopeful future where environmental consciousness and people's rights take precedence.""--Buzzfeed ""Magnificently fun.... The Terraformers explores the future effects of climate change, personhood, scientific advances and more with imagination, intelligence and optimism.""--Ms. Magazine ""Far-reaching and ambitious but also surprisingly cozy and warm. . . . Newitz has a true gift for digging into weighty issues while maintaining light humor, a delightful queer sensibility, and pure moments of joy.""--Booklist, STARRED review ""Warm, imaginative and often funny.""--BookPage ""Undoubtedly destined to become a classic of the hopepunk movement . . . If you've been looking for an antidote to the apocalypse, this novel is for you.""--San Francisco Chronicle"

Author Information

Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the nationally bestselling author of 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. They have two black cats named Infrared and Ultraviolet, and they love noodles.

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