"Stable Strategies for Middle Management" is a science fiction short story published in 1988 by Eileen Gunn.

Plot summary

Margaret is a corporate executive who, to prove her loyalty to the company, undergoes bioengineering that gradually transforms her into a giant insect.

Reception

"Stable Strategies for Middle Management" was a finalist for the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.^[1]

Strange Horizons considered that it "must come high in any list of best SF short stories";^[2] similarly, Michael Swanwick has placed it on his personal "short list (...) of the best short stories of the late twentieth century."^[3]

Background

The story is inspired by Gunn's experiences as an advertising director at Microsoft.^[4]

References

External links

• Stable Strategies for Middle Management title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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