"Stet" (stylized STET) is a science fiction short story by

Sarah Gailey Sarah Gailey is an American author. Their alternate history novella '' River of Teeth'' was a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella,

, about self-driving cars. It was first published in ''

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'' in October 2018.

Synopsis

Rather than being a narrative, "Stet" is presented as a scientific paper analyzing the principles by which self-driving cars make decisions. The paper is interspersed with suggestions to remove or change content which the journal editor finds inappropriate, to each of which the paper's author responds " stet".

Reception

"Stet" was a finalist for the 2019

Hugo Award for Best Short Story The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The short story award is available for works of fiction of ...

2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists
by

Cheryl Morgan Cheryl Morgan is a British science fiction critic and publisher. She has won Hugo Awards for her work on the fanzine ''Emerald City'' from 1995 to 2006, and as non-fiction editor of ''Clarkesworld'' magazine from 2009 to 2011. Morgan was the f ...

, at TheHugoAwards.org; published April 2, 2019; retrieved April 6, 2019 and the 2019

Locus Award for Best Short Story The Locus Award for Best Short Story is one of a series of Locus Awards given every year by ''Locus Magazine''. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. Originally known as the Locus Award for Best Sho ...

. At '' BoingBoing'', Cory Doctorow described it as "a beautiful piece of innovative storytelling" and "a wonderful gem".Stet, a gorgeous, intricate, tiny story of sociopathic automotive vehicles
, by Cory Doctorow, at BoingBoing; published October 17, 2018; retrieved April 6, 2019

References

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