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Escape Pod 802: Sentient Being Blues

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Author : Christopher Mark Rose Narrator : Tad Callin Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “Sentient Being Blues” first appeared in the March/April 2021 issue of Asimov’s Death of a child, also contains some violence and harsh language. Sentient Being Blues by Christopher Rose I got a pickaxe for […] Source

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Artificial IntelligenceAI PersonhoodConsciousnessDarkLyrical ProseUrbanMelancholicNear FutureSocial SFFirst PersonGrief And LossVoice DrivenBittersweetCharacter DrivenScience Fiction

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