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For Want of a Nail

✍ Scribed by Kowal, Mary Robinette

Publisher: Smashwords Edition
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 43 KB
Category: Fiction
City: Los Gatos, California
ISBN: 1458088715

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✦ Synopsis

"For Want of a Nail" is the 2011 Hugo winning story by award-winning author, Mary Robinette Kowal. This science-fiction short story explores the complex choices that an AI and her wrangler must make to solve a seemingly simple technical problem.

Also in this edition, is bonus material that includes author's notes as well as a look at the writing process. The original and unedited first draft of this story has a completely different plot. Read it and the brainstorming notes to get a peek into the creative process.

✦ Subjects

Space ships -- Fiction

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