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References
- ↑ The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, at the University of Kansas; retrieved January 10, 2021
- ↑ FUTURE TENSE FICTION, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews ; published August 15, 2019; retrieved January 10, 2021
- ↑ Want more Love, Death + Robots? Read these 17 short stories online, by Andrew Liptak, at The Verge ; published March 23, 2019; retrieved January 10, 2021
- ↑ No Robot Like Robot, by Janelle Shane, at Slate ; published December 29, 2018; retrieved January 10, 2021
- ↑ Robot And Crow, at Open World Radio; published October 12, 2020; retrieved January 10, 2021
