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Contents indexed selectively. In addition to works by Australian authors, this collection also contains works by the following international authors: James Lovegrove, Marly Youmans, Kage Baker, Ian R. MacLeod, James Morrow, Keith Brooke, Adam Roberts, Robert Reed, Jeff VanderMeer, Jay Lake, and Jeffrey Ford.
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Machine Maid,
single work
short story
science fiction
(p. 183-216)
A young woman, married to a land owner deep in the Australian bush, finds herself often alone in the house with an inhuman companion: the machine maid of the title, formerly an entertainer on the Parisian stage. Motivated by curiosity about the mechanics of the maid, the woman tinkers, but is horrified when she discovers the extent of the maid's programming.
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