The Turing Test

Copyright

This collection copyright © 2008 by Chris Beckett

The Turing Test © 2002. Originally published in Interzone, October 2002. The Warrior Half-and-Half © 1995. Originally published in Interzone, December 1995. Monsters © 2003. Originally published in Interzone, February 2003. The Gates of Troy © 2000. Originally published in Interzone, April 2000. The Perimeter © 2005. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, December 2005. Valour © 1999. Originally published in Interzone, March 1999. Snapshots of Apirania © 2000. Originally published in Interzone, October 2000. Piccadilly Circus © 2005. Originally published in Interzone. May/June, 2005. Jazamine in the Green Wood © 1994. Originally published in Interzone, August 1994. Dark Eden © 2006. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, March 2006. We could be Sisters © 2004. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November, 2004. La Macchina © 1991. Originally published in Interzone, April 1991. Karel’s Prayer © 2006. Originally published in Interzone, September/October 2006. The Marriage of Sky and Sea © 2000. Originally published in Interzone, March 2000.

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