shree. ladka

"shree. boy americi lekhak james patrick kellie kaa ack vigyaan kathaa upanyaas haye, joe pahali baar juuna 1990 key "asimov key vigyaan kathaa" key ank mein prakaashit huaa thaa. yeh varsh 2096 mein ack ameer ladke kii kahani bataati haye jise ack kamkaji varg kii ladki seey pyaar hoe jaataa haye joe usey apani patansheel jeevan shally koo chhodane key liye prerit karati haye.
kahani ney sarvshreshth upanyaas key liye asimov key reader poul puraskar jeetaa aur locus poul puraskar aur nebula puraskar key liye namankit kiya gayaa. ise kaee vigyaan kathaa sanklanon mein punarmudrit kiya gayaa haye.
plot.
kahani varsh 2096 mein nae cannon, connecticut key shahar mein hoti haye aur peater cage parr kendrit hoti haye, jise "mister" upnaam diyaa jaataa haye. ladka. peater 25 saal taka jeevit rhaa haye lekin usake paas 12 saal key bachche kaa shareer haye joe lagaatar aanuvanshik sanshodhan ("twanking") seey gujar rhaa haye taaki usaki javic ghadee koo ulat diyaa jaa sakey. yeh prakriya usaki ameer lekin bhaavnaatmak roop seey door kii maan kii disha mein kii jaati haye. unaki maan ney swatantrata kii pratima (jeane twanking key madhyam seey bhee) kii teen-chauthai paimaane kii pratikriti kaa roop dhaaran kiya haye, joe peater key ander rahata haye. peater ney kewal robotic avtaaron key madhyam seey apani maan key saath baatchit kii haye jise vaha niyantrit karati haye-pratima key sir mein uska niji awas durgam haye.
peater apana adhikansh samay anya ameer bachchon key saath samajik roop seey bitaata haye, jisamen usaki sabse achchi dost stenny bhee shamil haye, joe "grapefruit yelo stenonicosorus" jaisa dikhta haye. bachche "smash partiyon" jaise ugra samarohon mein shamil hotey hain, jahan way moolyavaan pracheen vastuon koo nasht karate hain aur jaanvaron koo maar dete hain. peater aur unakaa samajik vritt shramik varg key sadasyon koo "kathor" bataate hue neecha dekhate hain. 
school mein, peater tremonisha joplin naamak ack ladki koo dekhta haye aur usase pyaar kartaa haye (ragtime sangeetkaar scott joplin dwara opera "tremonisha" key liye naamit). peater koo pataa chalata haye kii vaha ack mazdoor varg key parivaar seey aatee haye joe ack shopping maull mein foolon kaa vyavasaay kartaa haye. peater partiyon mein rajkosh laataa haye, lekin apane visheshaadhikaar key jeevan seey khud koo teji seey mohbhang paataa haye, aur chinta kartaa haye kii dhana aur shunyavaad kaa parivesh rajkosh parr bhrasht prabhaav daal rhaa haye.
kahani key charmotkarsh mein, peater gusse mein apani maan parr hamla kartaa haye, apani parvarish key prati narajgi vyakt kartaa haye. vaha kahata haye kii vaha apane aaraam key jeevan koo peechhe chhodane aur ack mehnati kathor banane kaa irada rakhta haye, isake bavjood kii tremonisha ney usey isake khilaf aagrah kiya aur usey chetavani dee kii vaha garibi key jeevan key liye taiyar naheen haye. peater moorti key sir mein apane garbhagrih mein pravesh karane key liye majboor kartaa haye, aur computing hardware seey bharaa ack thandaa safai kaksh dekhkar aashcharyachakit hotaa haye. usey pataa naheen thaa kii usaki maan poori tarah seey marr chuki thee, kewal ack "download kii gaee khufiya jaankaari" key roop mein maujood thee.
peater tremonisha key saath chhod detaa haye, yeh ummeed karate hue kii garib honah "ameer honey aur khud seey nafrat karane" seey behtar haye. antim pankti mein, peater tremonisha seey "mister" key bajaay "petty" kahane key liye kahata haye. ladke kaa upnaam joe usane pahale poori kahani mein istemal kiya thaa.
vishleshan.
kahani key parichay mein, gardner dozois "shree" key beach samaantaaen kheenchata haye. ladka "aur aff key kaam. scott fitzgerald, fitzgerald kii laghu kahani "dha ritch boy" kii shuruati pankti kii or ishara karate hueh "main aapako bahut ameeron key baare mein bataata huun. way aapse aur mujhase alag hain."
prakaashan kaa itihas.
"shree. boy" mool roop seey "asimov kii vigyaan kathaa" key juuna 1990 key ank mein prakaashit huaa thaa. baad mein ise nimnalikhit sanklanon mein punarmudran kiya gayaa haih

