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"The Djinn's Wife" is a 2006 science fiction short story by British writer Ian McDonald. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction.

Synopsis

Esha is a dancer and A.J. Rao is an artificial intelligence embodied in a swarm of nanobots. They get married, but their relationship quickly turns sour.

Reception

"The Djinn's Wife" won the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Novelette^[1] and the 2007 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction.^[2]

At Tangent Online, Carole Ann Moleti called it "sumptuous" and "ethereal", noting that it met all the criteria to be considered an example of paranormal romance.^[3] At SF Signal, however, John DeNardo considered it a "lackluster reading experience".^[4]

References

^ 2007 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 20, 2018
^ BSFA Awards at BSFA.co.uk; retrieved August 20, 2018
^ Hugo and I Go: Meandering Thoughts on a Few That Made the List, and Some That Didn't , by Carole Ann Moleti, at Tangent Online; published July 23, 2007; retrieved August 20, 2018
^ REVIEW: Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald, by John DeNardo, at SF Signal; published April 7, 2009; retrieved August 20, 2018

v t e Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Retro Hugos	"Rule 18" by Clifford D. Simak (1939) "The Roads Must Roll" by Robert A. Heinlein (1941) "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov (1943) "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett (1944) "First Contact" by Murray Leinster (1946) "The Little Black Bag" by Cyril M. Kornbluth (1951) "Earthman, Come Home" by James Blish (1954)
1955–1960	"The Darfsteller" by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1955) "Exploration Team" by Murray Leinster (1956) "The Big Time" by Fritz Leiber (1958) "The Big Front Yard" by Clifford D. Simak (1959)
1967–1980	"The Last Castle" by Jack Vance (1967) "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber (1968) "The Sharing of Flesh" by Poul Anderson (1969) "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson (1973) "The Deathbird" by Harlan Ellison (1974) "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W" by Harlan Ellison (1975) "The Borderland of Sol" by Larry Niven (1976) "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov (1977) "Eyes of Amber" by Joan D. Vinge (1978) "Hunter's Moon" by Poul Anderson (1979) "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin (1980)
1981–1990	"The Cloak and the Staff" by Gordon R. Dickson (1981) "Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny (1982) "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis (1983) "Blood Music" by Greg Bear (1984) "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler (1985) "Paladin of the Lost Hour" by Harlan Ellison (1986) "Permafrost" by Roger Zelazny (1987) "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1988) "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger (1989) "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" by Robert Silverberg (1990)
1991–2000	"The Manamouki" by Mike Resnick (1991) "Gold" by Isaac Asimov (1992) "The Nutcracker Coup" by Janet Kagan (1993) "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield (1994) "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold (1995) "Think Like a Dinosaur" by James Patrick Kelly (1996) "Bicycle Repairman" by Bruce Sterling (1997) "We Will Drink a Fish Together..." by Bill Johnson (1998) "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling (1999) "10¹⁶ to 1" by James Patrick Kelly (2000)
2001–2010	"Millennium Babies" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (2001) "Hell Is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang (2002) "Slow Life" by Michael Swanwick (2003) "Legions in Time" by Michael Swanwick (2004) "The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link (2005) "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (2006) "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald (2007) "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (2008) "Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear (2009) "The Island" by Peter Watts (2010)
2011–2020	"The Emperor of Mars" by Allen Steele (2011) "Six Months, Three Days" by Charlie Jane Anders (2012) "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" by Pat Cadigan (2013) "The Lady Astronaut of Mars", by Mary Robinette Kowal (2014) "The Day the World Turned Upside Down" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Lia Belt (2015) "Folding Beijing" by Hao Jingfang (2016) "The Tomato Thief" by Ursula Vernon (2017) "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer (2018) "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" by Zen Cho (2019) "Emergency Skin" by N. K. Jemisin (2020)
2021–present	"Two Truths and a Lie" by Sarah Pinsker (2021) "Bots of the Lost Ark" by Suzanne Palmer (2022) "The Space-Time Painter" by Hai Ya (2023)

v t e BSFA Award for the Best Short Fiction
1969–1979	The Moment of Eclipse by Brian W. Aldiss (1970) The Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison (1978) "Palely Loitering" by Christopher Priest (1979)
1980–1989	"The Brave Little Toaster" by Thomas M. Disch (1980) "Mythago Wood" by Robert Holdstock (1981) "Kitemaster" by Keith Roberts (1982) "After-Images" by Malcolm Edwards (1983) "The Unconquered Country" by Geoff Ryman (1984) "Cube Root" by David Langford (1985) "Kaeti and the Hangman" by Keith Roberts (1986) "Love Sickness" by Geoff Ryman (1987) "Dark Night in Toyland" by Bob Shaw (1988) "In Translation" by Lisa Tuttle (1989)
1990–1999	"The Original Doctor Shade" by Kim Newman (1990) "Bad Timing" by Molly Brown (1991) "Innocent" by Ian McDonald (1992) "The Ragthorn" by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth (1993) "The Double Felix" by Paul di Filippo (1994) "The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" by Brian Stableford (1995) "A Crab Must Try" by Barrington J. Bayley (1996) "War Birds" by Stephen Baxter (1997) "La Cenerentola" by Gwyneth Jones (1998) "Hunting the Slarque" by Eric Brown (1999)
2000–2009	"The Suspect Genome" by Peter F. Hamilton (2000) "Children of Winter" by Eric Brown (2001) "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman (2002) "The Wolves in the Walls" by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (2003) "Mayflower II" by Stephen Baxter (2004) "Magic for Beginners" by Kelly Link (2005) "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald (2006) "Lighting Out" by Ken MacLeod (2007) "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (2008) "The Beloved Time of Their Lives" by Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia (2009)
2010–current	"The Ship Maker" by Aliette de Bodard (2010) "The Copenhagen Interpretation" by Paul Cornell (2011) "Adrift on the Sea of Rains" by Ian Sales (2012) "Spin" by Nina Allan (2013) "The Honey Trap" by Ruth E. J. Booth (2014) "Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight" by Aliette de Bodard (2015) "Liberty Bird" by Jaine Fenn (2016) "The Enclave" by Anne Charnock (2017)

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