Annalee Newitz’s ‘Automatic Noodle’ is a cozy sci-fi read

from What We're Reading · host Tammy Bobrowsky

Science journalist and writer Annalee Newitz’s “Automatic Noodle” features a group of robots who open a Biangbiang noodle restaurant. Will they be crushed by bad reviews?

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