Stable Strategies for Middle Management
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LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Published inIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Publication typeMagazine
| "Stable Strategies for Middle Management" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Eileen Gunn | |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Publication date | June 1988 |
"Stable Strategies for Middle Management" is a science fiction short story published in 1988 by Eileen Gunn.
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]
