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Automatic Noodle

by 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.
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Pages:

176

Published:

30 Sept 2025

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Tom Doherty Associates, LLC

Imprint

Tor Books

ISBN:

9781250440426

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.
$30.00

A perfectly scrumptious little package that will warm your heart (and your stomach!). It's got all the great elements of my favourite robot stories (gender, identity, autonomy) but it's also about food and found family and San Francisco. Something special even if you're not really into sci-fi.

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