The Dog Said Bow-Wow

Infobox short story
name = The Dog Said Bow-Wow
author = Michael Swanwick
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction short story
published_in = Asimov's Science Fiction
publication_type = magazine
publisher =
media_type =
pub_date = Oct/Nov 2001

"The Dog Said Bow-Wow" is a science fiction short story written in 2001 by Michael Swanwick. It won the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Short Story [ [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2002.html The Locus Index to the Hugo Awards: 2002] ] and was nominated for the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. [ [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Nebula2003.html The Locus Index to the Nebula Awards: 2003] ] "The Dog Said Bow-Wow is the title story of his 2007 short story collection, published by Tachyon Publications, and was reprinted in the same year in "".

Plot summary

The Dog Said Bow-Wow follows the story of Sir Plus, a re-made talking dog, and Darger, his partner in crime. Together they come up with a plan to bilk the residents of Buckingham palace out of their wealth. Set in a future years after a war between men and their electronic creations, the two have created what they believe to be the perfect con game.

The collection

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

# "'Hello,' Said the Stick"
# "The dog said bow-wow"
# "Slow life"
# "Triceratops summer"
# "Tin marsh"
# "An episode of stardust"
# "The skysailor's tale"
# "Legions in time"
# "The little cat laughed to see such sport"
# "The bordello in Faerie"
# "The last geek"
# "Girls and boys, come out to play"
# "A great day for brontosaurs"
# "Dirty little war"
# "A small room in Koboldtown"
# "Urdumheim"

Footnotes

External links

* [http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/02/07/the-dog-said-bow-wow-by-michael-swanwick/ The Dog Said Bow-Wow at BestScienceFictionStories.com]