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"Stable Strategies for Middle Management"
Short story by Eileen Gunn
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
Publication
Published inIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Publication typeMagazine
Publication dateJune 1988

"Stable Strategies for Middle Management" is a science fiction short story published in 1988 by Eileen Gunn.

Plot summary

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Margaret is a corporate executive who, to prove her loyalty to the company, undergoes bioengineering that gradually transforms her into a giant insect.

Reception

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"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]

Background

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The story is inspired by Gunn's experiences as an advertising director at Microsoft.[4]

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