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- ↑ "REVIEW: "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer". 18 December 2017.
- ↑ 2018 Hugo Awards at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 22 2018
- ↑ Clarkesworld #132, September 2017, reviewed by Filip Wintgren, at Tangent Online ; published September 19, 2017; retrieved August 22, 2018