Ack-Ack Macaque
| First published | August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
| Series | Ack-Ack Macaque |
Synopsis
The author of a cult anime series about a macaque who serves in the British Air Force in WWI sends her boyfriend into a deep depression when she leaves him for a marketing executive, who develops the character into a huge global commercial success; when she realizes how the character has been diluted for the mass market she leaves him and returns to her former boyfriend, but the character, now powered by the vast computing resources of the marketing company, breaks out of the simulation and wreaks havoc when it takes its military mission to the whole Internet.
Notes
Subsequently expanded to novel length.
Publications (8)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 |
|
The Last Reef and Other Stories | Elastic Press | Collection | 45 |
| July 2009 |
|
Transmissions from Beyond, 20 July 2009 | TTA Press | MAGAZINE | |
| April 2012 |
|
The Last Reef | Anarchy Books | Collection | |
| December 2012 |
|
Ack-Ack Macaque | Solaris | Novel | 387 |
| December 2017 |
|
Ack-Ack Macaque: The Complete Trilogy | Solaris | Omnibus | |
| January 2018 |
|
Ack-Ack Macaque: The Complete Trilogy | Solaris | Omnibus | |
| April 2020 |
|
The Last Reef and Other Stories | Gareth L. Powell | Collection | |4 |
| August 2020 |
|
The Last Reef and Other Stories | Gareth L. Powell | Collection | |4 |