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Stable Strategies for Middle Management

Stable Strategies for Middle Management

Short story by Eileen Gunn

"Stable Strategies for Middle Management" is a science fiction short story published in 1988 by Eileen Gunn.

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Plot summary

Margaret is a corporate executive who, to prove her loyalty to the company, undergoes bioengineering that gradually transforms her into a giant insect.

Reception

"Stable Strategies for Middle Management" was a finalist for the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[1]

Strange Horizons considered that it "must come high in any list of best SF short stories";[2] similarly, Michael Swanwick has placed it on his personal "short list (...) of the best short stories of the late twentieth century."[3]

Background

The story is inspired by Gunn's experiences as an advertising director at Microsoft.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    1989 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved September 9, 2021
  2. [2]
    Questionable Practices by Eileen Gunn, reviewed by Andy Sawyer, at Strange Horizons, published June 16, 2014; retrieved September 9, 2021
  3. [3]
    About Stable Strategies..., by Michael Swanwick, at MichaelSwanwick.com; published 2005; retrieved September 9, 2021
  4. [4]
    Stable Strategies and Others, by Eileen Gunn; published 2004 by Tachyon Publications


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