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class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold; background:whitesmoke;"><a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">Short story</a> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slow_Life_2002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/Slow_Life_2002.jpg/220px-Slow_Life_2002.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="348" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/Slow_Life_2002.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="397" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Genre(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">Science fiction</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ededed;">Publication</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Analog Science Fiction">Analog Science Fiction</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">December 2002</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>"Slow Life"</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> novelette by American writer <a href="/wiki/Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a>, originally published in the December 2002 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Analog Science Fiction">Analog Science Fiction</a></i>. It won the <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novelette" title="Hugo Award for Best Novelette">Hugo Award for Best Novelette</a> in 2003. </p><p>The story is set on <a href="/wiki/Titan_(moon)" title="Titan (moon)">Titan</a>. The author wrote: "I liked Titan specifically because there was a lot known about its chemistry and geography, but most people were not familiar with it, so a story set there would feel fresh to them."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slow_Life_(novelette)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first explorers on Titan find that the ocean is a weird chemical soup. 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Kornbluth</a> (1951)</li> <li>"Earthman, Come Home" by <a href="/wiki/James_Blish" title="James Blish">James Blish</a> (1954)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1955–1960</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Darfsteller" title="The Darfsteller">The Darfsteller</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Walter_M._Miller_Jr." title="Walter M. Miller Jr.">Walter M. Miller Jr.</a> (1955)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Exploration_Team" title="Exploration Team">Exploration Team</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Murray_Leinster" title="Murray Leinster">Murray Leinster</a> (1956)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Big_Time_(novel)" title="The Big Time (novel)">The Big Time</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1958)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Big_Front_Yard" title="The Big Front Yard">The Big Front Yard</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak" title="Clifford D. Simak">Clifford D. 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Vinge">Joan D. Vinge</a> (1978)</li> <li>"Hunter's Moon" by <a href="/wiki/Poul_Anderson" title="Poul Anderson">Poul Anderson</a> (1979)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sandkings_(novelette)" title="Sandkings (novelette)">Sandkings</a>" by <a href="/wiki/George_R._R._Martin" title="George R. R. Martin">George R. R. Martin</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Cloak_and_the_Staff" title="The Cloak and the Staff">The Cloak and the Staff</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Gordon_R._Dickson" title="Gordon R. Dickson">Gordon R. Dickson</a> (1981)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Unicorn_Variation" title="Unicorn Variation">Unicorn Variation</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a> (1982)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fire_Watch_(short_story)" title="Fire Watch (short story)">Fire Watch</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1983)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blood_Music_(novel)" title="Blood Music (novel)">Blood Music</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Bear" title="Greg Bear">Greg Bear</a> (1984)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bloodchild_and_Other_Stories" title="Bloodchild and Other Stories">Bloodchild</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler" title="Octavia E. Butler">Octavia E. Butler</a> (1985)</li> <li>"Paladin of the Lost Hour" by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a> (1986)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Permafrost_(story)" title="Permafrost (story)">Permafrost</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a> (1987)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Gals,_Won%27t_You_Come_Out_Tonight" title="Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight">Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1988)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_Kitten" title="Schrödinger's Kitten">Schrödinger's Kitten</a>" by <a href="/wiki/George_Alec_Effinger" title="George Alec Effinger">George Alec Effinger</a> (1989)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Enter_a_Soldier._Later:_Enter_Another" title="Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another">Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Kirinyaga_(novel)" title="Kirinyaga (novel)">The Manamouki</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Resnick" title="Mike Resnick">Mike Resnick</a> (1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gold_(short_story)" title="Gold (short story)">Gold</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker_Coup" title="The Nutcracker Coup">The Nutcracker Coup</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Janet_Kagan" title="Janet Kagan">Janet Kagan</a> (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Georgia_on_My_Mind_(novelette)" title="Georgia on My Mind (novelette)">Georgia on My Mind</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sheffield" title="Charles Sheffield">Charles Sheffield</a> (1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Martian_Child" title="The Martian Child">The Martian Child</a>" by <a href="/wiki/David_Gerrold" title="David Gerrold">David Gerrold</a> (1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Think_Like_a_Dinosaur" title="Think Like a Dinosaur">Think Like a Dinosaur</a>" by <a href="/wiki/James_Patrick_Kelly" title="James Patrick Kelly">James Patrick Kelly</a> (1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bicycle_Repairman" title="Bicycle Repairman">Bicycle Repairman</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sterling" title="Bruce Sterling">Bruce Sterling</a> (1997)</li> <li>"We Will Drink a Fish Together..." by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(author)" title="Bill Johnson (author)">Bill Johnson</a> (1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Taklamakan_(short_story)" title="Taklamakan (short story)">Taklamakan</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sterling" title="Bruce Sterling">Bruce Sterling</a> (1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/10%5E16_to_1" title="10^16 to 1">10<sup>16</sup> to 1</a>" by <a href="/wiki/James_Patrick_Kelly" title="James Patrick Kelly">James Patrick Kelly</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"Millennium Babies" by <a href="/wiki/Kristine_Kathryn_Rusch" title="Kristine Kathryn Rusch">Kristine Kathryn Rusch</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hell_Is_the_Absence_of_God" title="Hell Is the Absence of God">Hell Is the Absence of God</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Chiang" title="Ted Chiang">Ted Chiang</a> (2002)</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Slow Life</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a> (2003)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Legions_in_Time" title="Legions in Time">Legions in Time</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a> (2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Faery_Handbag" title="The Faery Handbag">The Faery Handbag</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Link" title="Kelly Link">Kelly Link</a> (2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Two_Hearts_(story)" title="Two Hearts (story)">Two Hearts</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Peter_S._Beagle" title="Peter S. Beagle">Peter S. Beagle</a> (2006)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Djinn%27s_Wife" title="The Djinn's Wife">The Djinn's Wife</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ian_McDonald_(British_author)" title="Ian McDonald (British author)">Ian McDonald</a> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Merchant_and_the_Alchemist%27s_Gate" title="The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate">The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ted_Chiang" title="Ted Chiang">Ted Chiang</a> (2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shoggoths_in_Bloom" title="Shoggoths in Bloom">Shoggoths in Bloom</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Bear" title="Elizabeth Bear">Elizabeth Bear</a> (2009)</li> <li>"The Island" by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Watts_(author)" title="Peter Watts (author)">Peter Watts</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"The Emperor of Mars" by <a href="/wiki/Allen_Steele" title="Allen Steele">Allen Steele</a> (2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Six_Months,_Three_Days" title="Six Months, Three Days">Six Months, Three Days</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Jane_Anders" title="Charlie Jane Anders">Charlie Jane Anders</a> (2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Girl-Thing_Who_Went_Out_for_Sushi" title="The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi">The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Pat_Cadigan" title="Pat Cadigan">Pat Cadigan</a> (2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lady_Astronaut_of_Mars" title="The Lady Astronaut of Mars">The Lady Astronaut of Mars</a>", by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Robinette_Kowal" title="Mary Robinette Kowal">Mary Robinette Kowal</a> (2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_the_World_Turned_Upside_Down" title="The Day the World Turned Upside Down">The Day the World Turned Upside Down</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Olde_Heuvelt" title="Thomas Olde Heuvelt">Thomas Olde Heuvelt</a>, translated by Lia Belt (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Folding_Beijing" title="Folding Beijing">Folding Beijing</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Hao_Jingfang" title="Hao Jingfang">Hao Jingfang</a> (2016)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tomato_Thief" title="The Tomato Thief">The Tomato Thief</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_Vernon" title="Ursula Vernon">Ursula Vernon</a> (2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Bots" title="The Secret Life of Bots">The Secret Life of Bots</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Palmer" title="Suzanne Palmer">Suzanne Palmer</a> (2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_at_First_You_Don%27t_Succeed,_Try,_Try_Again" title="If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again">If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Zen_Cho" title="Zen Cho">Zen Cho</a> (2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Emergency_Skin" title="Emergency Skin">Emergency Skin</a>" by <a href="/wiki/N._K._Jemisin" title="N. K. Jemisin">N. K. Jemisin</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"Two Truths and a Lie" by <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Pinsker" title="Sarah Pinsker">Sarah Pinsker</a> (2021)</li> <li>"Bots of the Lost Ark" by <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Palmer" title="Suzanne Palmer">Suzanne Palmer</a> (2022)</li> <li>"The Space-Time Painter" by <a href="/wiki/Hai_Ya" title="Hai Ya">Hai Ya</a> (2023)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Year_Without_Sunshine" title="The Year Without Sunshine">The Year Without Sunshine</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Kritzer" title="Naomi Kritzer">Naomi Kritzer</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Daughter</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jack_Faust_(novel)" title="Jack Faust (novel)">Jack Faust</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bones_of_the_Earth" title="Bones of the Earth">Bones of the Earth</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dragons_of_Babel" title="The Dragons of Babel">The Dragons of Babel</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dancing_With_Bears&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dancing With Bears (page does not exist)">Dancing With Bears</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chasing_the_Phoenix&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chasing the Phoenix (page does not exist)">Chasing the Phoenix</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Iron_Dragon%27s_Mother&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Iron Dragon's Mother (page does not exist)">The Iron Dragon's Mother</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short 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