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Short Works: Pale Blue Dots by Adam Marek

Pale Blue Dots by Adam Marek

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A virtual assistant shows its power to a new subscriber.

A high-spec virtual assistant explains its advantages to a new subscriber, demonstrating its power. Read by Teresa Gallagher.

Written by Adam Marek and specially-commissioned for Radio 4.

Adrienne, a high-spec virtual assistant, explains its advantages to a new subscriber, and demonstrates its considerable power.

Adam Marek is the award-winning writer of two short story collections - Instruction Manual For Swallowing and The Stone Thrower. A specially-commissioned story, The Bullet Racers, featured on Radio 4 as part of the series Short Rides In Fast Machines. Another, Companions, appeared as part of Short Works in 2016. He was shortlisted for the inaugural Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award and his story The 40-Litre Monkey was included in The Penguin Book Of The British Short Story in 2015.

Writer: Adam Marek
Reader: Teresa Gallagher
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

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