Ancient Engines

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"Ancient Engines" is a science fiction short story published in 1999 by Michael Swanwick. It was nominated for the 2000 Hugo Award for Best Short Story as well as the 2000 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. The story begins when a drunken human insults a mech in a bar. The resulting fight nearly kills the human, who is saved only by the mech's kindness. As the mech starts to leave he is invited to sit and talk with an old man and his granddaughte... more
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Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction author. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began publishing in the early 1980s. His published novels are: In the Drift (an Ace Special, 1985), a look at the results of a more catastrophic Three Mile Island incident;...

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  • 2000
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