Michael Swanwick
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Sep 13, 2026
Jonathan StrahanHOST
Hello and welcome to the Good Street Podcast, an occasional conversation between myself, Jonathan Strahan, and Gary K. Wolfe about things science fictional.
Jonathan StrahanHOST
Today we are going to talk about books, bots, robots, AI, and other things related with Michael Swanwick and James Patrick Kelly.
Jonathan StrahanHOST
Hello, Jim.
Jonathan StrahanHOST
Hello, Michael.
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Jonathan StrahanHOST
But we're coming to the end of our hour.
Jonathan StrahanHOST
I'm starting to get error alerts, which is a great time to start to wind up while you've got the recording.
Jonathan StrahanHOST
I just want to say, first of all, the Universe Box by Michael Swanwick is out in the world.
James Patrick KellyGUEST
Excellent.
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Fairwood Press again, August 18th, 12 stories drawn from 30 years of James Patrick Kelly.
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Michael Swanwick, reviewing for Locus, makes the case for reading front to back.
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In the first story, a caretaker bot impersonates a woman's childhood self, and that machine serves purely as a device.
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By the closing piece, a robotics professor inspects models he is sure are empty, and the reader gets there long before he does.