"A Series of Steaks" is a science fiction story by Singaporean writer Vina Jie-Min Prasad. It was first published in Clarkesworld, in January 2017.
Plot summary
Helena uses bioprinting to forge expensive cuts of beef... until she is blackmailed by a client with a particularly difficult request.
Reception
A Series of Steaks was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette of 2017,A Series of Steaks, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved April 21, 2018 the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,2018 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved April 21, 2018 and the 2018 Theodore Sturgeon Award.2018 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalists, by Mike Glyer, at File 770; published April 17, 2018; retrieved April 21, 2018 Tangent Online commended Prasad's portrayal of Helena, and the overall "flow" of the story, but felt that it "drag(ged) a little in the middle."Clarkesworld #124, January 2017 , reviewed by Kevin P. Hallett, at Tangent Online; published January 17, 2017; retrieved April 21, 2018
References
External links Text of the story, at Clarkesworld