Fandom for Robots

"Fandom for Robots" is a 2017 science fiction short story by Vina Jie-Min Prasad. It was first published in Uncanny Magazine.

Synopsis

Computron — the world's first and only sentient robot — discovers anime, online fandom, and fan fiction.

Reception

"Fandom for Robots" was nominated for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Short Story[1] and the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[2] Tangent Online considered it to be "a feel-good tale with good humor and heart".[3]

gollark: There's a web interface which connects to SPUDNET for it.
gollark: Mostly I just think that centrally-controlled communism/socialism/whatever are bad because planned economies *do not work*, and anarchism/other communism/whatever are bad because they just seem to assume people will magically get along.
gollark: Oh, yes, the orbital lasers on non-mind-control mode.
gollark: "Fire lasers"?
gollark: yes, yes, US bad.

References
  1. 2017 Nebula Award Finalists Announced! at Science Fiction Writers of America; published February 20, 2018; retrieved March 31, 2018
  2. 2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced, at Tor.com; published March 31, 2018; retrieved March 31, 2018
  3. Uncanny #18, September/October 2017, reviewed by Rebecca DeVendra, at Tangent Online; published September 12, 2017; retrieved March 31, 2018
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