Automatic Noodle

De: Annalee Newitz

Narrado por: Em Grosland

A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.

You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food—the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around—for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war.

But when their robot-run business starts causing a stir, a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis. To keep their doors open, they’ll have to call on their customers, their community, and each other—and find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasn’t built for them.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com

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Praise for Automatic Noodle:

"This is a story—about building community despite adversity, fighting for your rights and individuality, and creating art that you want to see in the world—that I didn't know I needed right now. And it was so much fun to read!”—Martha Wells, author of The Murderbot Diaries and Witch King

"This book will make you hungry. It will also keep you warm."—Becky Chambers, author of the Monk and Robot series

"Newitz packs this tale with simmering action, endearing characters, and political savvy, topping it all off with generous dollops of humor and imagination. It’s delicious."–Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

"This is a feel-good hopepunk story that will appeal to readers of both robot and AI-centered science fiction...highly recommended for those who loved novels such as Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Service Model and Aimee Ogden’s Emergent Properties."–Library Journal (starred review)

"This sweet, heart (and stomach) warming novella is a certified cozy read, rich with meaning for queer readers, enjoyably familiar to San Francisco lovers. Perfect for fans both of Becky Chambers' Monk & Robot series and Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes.... Newitz has gifted sf readers with a hopeful, postapocalyptic found-family tale."–Booklist (starred review)

"A deceptively breezy, sneakily poignant, culinary dystopian redemption tale that blends the pleasures of a heist, a satirical romp, and The Bear. Smart, inventive, and fun."—Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and Moonglow

"A love letter to community, identity, San Francisco, and noodles, Automatic Noodle also is a searing commentary on capitalism and our algorithm-driven culture. In other words, it's like the perfect bowl of noodles: delicious and comforting with just enough spice to kick your senses and clear your sinuses."—Mike Chen, bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood and A Quantum Love Story

“The characters and their dilemmas are so vivid and believable. I choked up more than once and I cheered. Lovely stuff! A cool, joyous post-apocalyptic fable for our divided times.”—M. R. Carey, USA Today bestselling author of The Girl with All the Gifts

“This heartwarming tale of found family, exquisite food, and loveable bots overcoming society's flawed codes will make readers say, 'Yes, chef!'”—Samit Basu, author of The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"No one writes robots better than Annalee Newitz."—Interzone Magazine

Parallels US divisions but fun

Creative storytelling regarding robots yearning to run a restaurant in tumultuous time in the future. Yes you should read. It’s refreshing

Sweet fun story

Very clever tale, tightly written. As a SF Bay Area person it was fun to hear all is landmarks. And I love the idea of California succeeding from the union.

An excellent mirror on today through a story of tomorrow.

The author paints a vivid world of what the struggle for community, belonging, and equity may look like in 50 years; Creating a lens through which we can address our challenges today. Bonus, it takes place in my favorite city in the world too!

Cute short book

This cozy story about robots running a noodle shop is really cute. Each robot has a distinct personality and motivations.

The world building is great and I'd love to explore more of the world. I could easily imagine the characters and the lovely shop they made together.

I'll be picking up a physical copy too to support the author

Love ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Such a feel good book. Go Robots! Haters can’t win. I especially loved how positive they are.

If u loved legends & lattes…. This is for you!

Incredibly fun and enjoyable cozy sci-fi about a group of discarded robots who decide to open a noodle shop despite discrimination against robots.

Delicious

After our fears about come to pass in the coming decades, a chewy slurp of hope.

Thoroughly enjoyable

I like Annalee Newitz's work, and have read their writing for years. So I was primed to enjoy this, and I did. Not sure what is meant by "cozy" in this sense, but it was a good, upbeat story. It gave enough of the world's background to place the story, but not so much that it overwhelmed it. The characters were well written. The voice was good, but a bit flat in some places. I'm very glad I pre-ordered it. I hope they write more in this world.

Do bots have agency?

Well done!

This book does a fine job at putting into context the perspectives that are starting to play out about robots. The notion of extending agency to bots is and will be debated with much rigor over the coming years.

Thank you for the perspective.

Hope Punk

A short and sweet spark that paints a picture of hope after the suck in a post- AI sentience post civil war California liberated from what I can only assume is a MAGA totalitarian state. These bots make their way and send noods to my cynicism.