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D.A. Xiaolin Spires Clarkesworld 141 2018

Novelette 9,784 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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Chenguang and her new partner find something unexpected during a survey of an abandoned world lost to pollution a long time ago.

First Contact AI Personhood Slow Burn

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AI Fiction Hopeful Far Future Consciousness Secondary World Intimate Sacrifice Survival Social SF Literary SF Contemplative Belonging Close Third Person Bittersweet Character Driven Science Fiction

Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.

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