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“Tantie Merle is having trouble managing her chores…To help out, her daughter sends her the highly sophisticated Farmhand 4200, which enthusiastically turns its learning powers to accomplishing any task Tantie Merle requires. This includes tying up the goat. Unimpressed, the goat eats it. So the little Farmhand reconstitutes itself and sets its steely will to devising a method of successful goat-wrangling…The story is light and full of laughter, and you feel almost tricked when you realise you have just read a story about labour rights, personhood and dignity.” Read more...
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Collected Stories
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Exiles at Home: Stories
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