"The Dog Said Bow-Wow" is a science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 short story

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 by American writer Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick is an American science fiction author. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began publishing in the early 1980s.-Biography:...

, published in 2001. It won the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Hugo Award for Best Short Story

The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...

 and was nominated for the 2002 Nebula Award for Best Short Story

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

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. The Dog Said Bow-Wow is the title story of his 2007 short story collection, published by Tachyon Publications

Tachyon Publications

Tachyon Publications is an independent press specializing in science fiction and fantasy books. Founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Jacob Weisman, Tachyon books have tended toward high-end literary works, short story collections, and anthologies....

, and was reprinted in the same year in Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology

Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology

Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology is a collection of postcyberpunk short stories, published by Tachyon Publications and edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel...

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Plot summary

"The Dog Said Bow-Wow" follows the story of Sir Blackthorpe Ravenscairn de Plus Precieux (better known as "Surplus"), a genetically engineered talking dog of human intelligence, and Darger, his partner in crime. Together they create a plan to con several high officials of Buckingham Palace out of their wealth. The story is set in a not-very-distant future after a war between mankind and its artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence

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 creations in which humans won, but civilization as we know it was forced to revert to an early Victorian era

Victorian era

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...

 level of communications technology.

The collection

The collection The Dog Said Bow-Wow contains the following stories:

1. "'Hello,' Said the Stick
   'Hello,' Said the Stick
   ‘Hello,’ Said the Stick is a science fiction short story published in 2002 by Michael Swanwick. It was nominated for the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Short Story as well as the 2003 Locus Award.-Plot summary:...
   
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2. "The dog said bow-wow"
3. "Slow life"
4. "Triceratops summer"
5. "Tin marsh"
6. "An episode of stardust"
7. "The skysailor's tale"
8. "Legions in time"
9. "The little cat laughed to see such sport"
10. "The bordello in Faerie"
11. "The last geek"
12. "Girls and boys, come out to play"
13. "A great day for brontosaurs"
14. "Dirty little war"
15. "A small room in Koboldtown"
16. "Urdumheim"

External links

• The Dog Said Bow-Wow at BestScienceFictionStories.com