'Hello,' Said the Stick

"‘Hello,’ Said the Stick"
Author	Michael Swanwick
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction
Published in	Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Publication type	Magazine
Publication date	March 2002

‘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.^[1]

Plot summary

Set in a distant future where the Earth's ex-colonies have turned the planet into a steampunkish, pseudo-medieval wasteland in order to stop their technological advancement, particularly in weapons, the story follows a foot soldier who is going to join the Iron Duke's army to help him in his siege at Port Morningstar, a town held by the despotic Council of Seven. Along the way he finds a talking stick which convinces him to take it with him.

References

↑ LOCUS Index to SF Awards

External links

'Hello,' Said the Stick title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Works by Michael Swanwick

Novels	In the Drift (1984) Vacuum Flowers (1987) Stations of the Tide (1991) The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993) Jack Faust (1997) Bones of the Earth (2002) The Dragons of Babel (2008) Dancing With Bears (2011) Chasing the Phoenix (2015)

Short stories	Dogfight (1985) The Dead (1996) The Very Pulse of the Machine (1998) Radiant Doors (1999) Ancient Engines (1999) Scherzo with Tyrannosaur (1999) The Dog Said Bow-Wow (2001) Slow Life (2002) 'Hello,' Said the Stick (2002) Legions in Time (2003)

Short story collections	Gravity's Angels (1991) A Geography of Unknown Lands (1997) Moon Dogs (2000) Puck Aleshire's Abecedary (2000) The Periodic Table of Science Fiction (2005)

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