HUGO AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY MAGAZINE
Cat Pictures Please
2015 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Short Story, 2016 Locus Awards Winner for Best Short Story, 2016 Hugo Award Winner for Best Short Story
Our third podcast for January is “Cat Pictures Please” written by Naomi Kritzer and read by Kate Baker.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Naomi Kritzer has been writing science fiction and fantasy for twenty years. Her novelette "The Thing About Ghost Stories" was a finalist for the 2019 Hugo Award; her short story "Cat Pictures Please" won the 2016 Hugo and Locus Awards and was nominated for the Nebula Award. Her YA novel Catfishing on Catnet (based on "Cat Pictures Please") came out from Tor Teen in November 2019. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with her spouse, two kids, and four cats. The number of cats is subject to change without notice.
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Brian wrote on January 15th, 2015 at 1:09 am:
This was a great little story! I love the premise and it was really well done.
Bryan Alexander wrote on June 16th, 2015 at 10:11 pm:
A very funny, charming tale.
Patrick wrote on January 8th, 2016 at 12:27 am:
Great story! Off to look for your other works now.
Jef Kumquats wrote on August 22nd, 2016 at 3:18 pm:
I now totally understand the Need for cat pictures...... but, it was long in coming. As a dog lover, it was lost on me... that constant stream of pics depicting adorable fluff rolling about on the floor, noses plastered to windows or crammed into very small & unlikely spaces. It was far too visible to not have some purpose. And far too abundant to not serve someone or something.
Chris wrote on February 15th, 2020 at 2:21 am:
The flustered AI was a fun tone shift. Also Marvin