Automatic Noodle

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160 pages

English language

Published Aug. 5, 2025 by Tor Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-1-250-35746-5
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From sci-fi visionary and acclaimed author Annalee Newitz comes Automatic Noodle, a cozy near-future novella about a crew of abandoned food service bots opening their very own restaurant. While San Francisco rebuilds from the chaos of war, a group of food service bots in an abandoned ghost kitchen take over their own delivery app account. They rebrand as a neighborhood lunch spot and start producing some of the tastiest hand-pulled noodles in the city. But there’s just one problem. Someone—or something—is review bombing the restaurant’s feedback page with fake “bad service” reports. Can the bots find the culprit before their ratings plummet and destroy everything they created?

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reviewed Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Abrupt ending; left a LOT unexplained

It's extremely short and definitely in the "cozy" category. I liked the idea of the world they're living in, but honestly, the ending was so abrupt that I'm not sure it was worth the read or not. Grab it from the library if you can, maybe?

Subjects

  • Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Action & Adventure

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