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Rabbit Test
Short story that appeared in issue 49 of Uncanny Magazine.
Winner Best Short Story Nebula Award 2023
Winner Best Short Science Fiction Sturgeon Award 2023
Winner Best Short Story Locus Award 2023
Winner Best Short Story Nebula Award 2023
Winner Best Short Science Fiction Sturgeon Award 2023
Winner Best Short Story Locus Award 2023
26 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2022
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October 11, 2025
دوازدهمین داستان از مجموعه داستان کوتاه بیکران:
داستان آزمایش خرگوش اثری رادیکال، تلخ و چندلایه است؛ متنی که با هوشمندی میان گذشته و آینده رفتوبرگشت میکند تا نشان دهد کنترل بدن زنان، از قرنها پیش تا آیندهی دور، در اشکال گوناگون تکرار شده است. روایت پر از جزئیات تاریخی است — از آزمایشهای حیوانی اوایل قرن بیستم تا فناوریهای نظارتی قرن بیستودوم — و همین پیوند میان علم، تاریخ و اخلاق، آن را از یک داستان معمولی فراتر میبرد.
در عین حال، اثر صریح و بیپرده است، گاهی تا مرز شعار و گاهی چنان گزنده که مخاطب را به چالش میکشد. من با برخی نگاههای ایدئولوژیک داستان همدل نیستم و در بخشهایی حس کردم متن میخواهد موضع خاصی را به من تحمیل کند، اما نمیتوان انکار کرد که نویسنده مهارت شگفتانگیزی در روایت تاریخی-اجتماعی دارد و توانسته از دل یک مسئلهی زیستی، گفتوگویی عمیق دربارهی اختیار، قدرت و بدن شکل دهد.
داستان آزمایش خرگوش اثری رادیکال، تلخ و چندلایه است؛ متنی که با هوشمندی میان گذشته و آینده رفتوبرگشت میکند تا نشان دهد کنترل بدن زنان، از قرنها پیش تا آیندهی دور، در اشکال گوناگون تکرار شده است. روایت پر از جزئیات تاریخی است — از آزمایشهای حیوانی اوایل قرن بیستم تا فناوریهای نظارتی قرن بیستودوم — و همین پیوند میان علم، تاریخ و اخلاق، آن را از یک داستان معمولی فراتر میبرد.
در عین حال، اثر صریح و بیپرده است، گاهی تا مرز شعار و گاهی چنان گزنده که مخاطب را به چالش میکشد. من با برخی نگاههای ایدئولوژیک داستان همدل نیستم و در بخشهایی حس کردم متن میخواهد موضع خاصی را به من تحمیل کند، اما نمیتوان انکار کرد که نویسنده مهارت شگفتانگیزی در روایت تاریخی-اجتماعی دارد و توانسته از دل یک مسئلهی زیستی، گفتوگویی عمیق دربارهی اختیار، قدرت و بدن شکل دهد.
February 19, 2025
It’s a short story about abortion. Can be read here: https://www.uncannymagazine.com/artic...
July 27, 2023
Escalofriante por lo realista.
Muy recomendable.
Muy recomendable.
November 29, 2023
Not really science fiction, but fantasy -- so I'm not sure why it was a Hugo Awards winner.
But it's a great, poignant tale just the same. Recommended to everyone, and it's freely available to read directly from the website of the magazine that first published it: https://www.uncannymagazine.com/artic...
But it's a great, poignant tale just the same. Recommended to everyone, and it's freely available to read directly from the website of the magazine that first published it: https://www.uncannymagazine.com/artic...
February 3, 2025
So so bleak and depressing
August 23, 2025
This was a hard read for so few pages. It really drove home that the there will always be a fight for female autonomy.
February 3, 2025
This short story follows many women both from the past as well as the future finding out they’re pregnant and the emotions that come with the news. Some women want to make the personal decision to get an abortion; while others are forced to keep the pregannt viable; and others want the baby.
Despite “The Rabbit Test” being a short story, many heavy and difficult themes are tackled such as the lack of privacy in the reproductive choices of women, the uncertainty of the futures of women when faced with a big life decision, and the roles religion as well as men themselves play into the lives of women.
I enjoyed the jumping of timelines between past, future and present as it showed how women having personal autonomy over their bodies has always been a controversial issue, is still a controversial issue, and will continue to be a controversial issue. This story was trying to explore that notion the bodily autonomy shouldn’t be some controversial issue, as every woman, regardless of their background or religion or world view, should always have the right to choose what they do with their bodies.
Overall, this was an impactful and timeless short story—many of its themes still hold up today, especially in an age of the overturn of Roe v Wade.
Despite “The Rabbit Test” being a short story, many heavy and difficult themes are tackled such as the lack of privacy in the reproductive choices of women, the uncertainty of the futures of women when faced with a big life decision, and the roles religion as well as men themselves play into the lives of women.
I enjoyed the jumping of timelines between past, future and present as it showed how women having personal autonomy over their bodies has always been a controversial issue, is still a controversial issue, and will continue to be a controversial issue. This story was trying to explore that notion the bodily autonomy shouldn’t be some controversial issue, as every woman, regardless of their background or religion or world view, should always have the right to choose what they do with their bodies.
Overall, this was an impactful and timeless short story—many of its themes still hold up today, especially in an age of the overturn of Roe v Wade.
November 12, 2023
Qué pasada de relato.
Hace un repaso a lo largo de la historia del sentimiento de incertidumbre ante la duda de si se está embarazada o no: qué haces con el embarazo, continuas o no; cómo va a cambiar tu vida; cómo hacerle frente. Cada una de las escenas en los diferentes siglos son buenísimas.
Además, en el relato, acompañas a Grace mientras vive en un futuro en el que abortar está prohibido y tiene que asumir las consecuencias de ciertas decisiones que irá tomando.
Es un relato que hace rabiar.
«Es el año 2022 y esto no ha acabado. Es el año 2022 y nunca se acaba».
Hace un repaso a lo largo de la historia del sentimiento de incertidumbre ante la duda de si se está embarazada o no: qué haces con el embarazo, continuas o no; cómo va a cambiar tu vida; cómo hacerle frente. Cada una de las escenas en los diferentes siglos son buenísimas.
Además, en el relato, acompañas a Grace mientras vive en un futuro en el que abortar está prohibido y tiene que asumir las consecuencias de ciertas decisiones que irá tomando.
Es un relato que hace rabiar.
«Es el año 2022 y esto no ha acabado. Es el año 2022 y nunca se acaba».
February 24, 2025
"One generation’s fight to choose their partners is fueling the fight to choose the size of their families"
Samantha Mills crafts a poignant and powerful narrative that seamlessly intertwines the personal and the political, exposing the ongoing struggles surrounding bodily autonomy and reproductive rights. Rabbit Test boldly confronts issues of control, silence, and the generational impact of laws designed to govern private choices.
The Hugo Award-winning short story follows multiple women across time as they navigate fear, uncertainty, and the fight to reclaim agency over their bodies. For anyone who has ever felt their voice dismissed or their choices questioned, Mills captures the raw emotional truth of resisting systems designed to silence and suppress.
Mills reminds us that our stories—especially the difficult ones—deserve to be heard. Silence is not a neutral force; it erases lived experiences and allows oppression to thrive unchecked. But by breaking that silence, we reclaim our humanity and demand a future where no one is denied the right to choose their own path.
Samantha Mills crafts a poignant and powerful narrative that seamlessly intertwines the personal and the political, exposing the ongoing struggles surrounding bodily autonomy and reproductive rights. Rabbit Test boldly confronts issues of control, silence, and the generational impact of laws designed to govern private choices.
The Hugo Award-winning short story follows multiple women across time as they navigate fear, uncertainty, and the fight to reclaim agency over their bodies. For anyone who has ever felt their voice dismissed or their choices questioned, Mills captures the raw emotional truth of resisting systems designed to silence and suppress.
Mills reminds us that our stories—especially the difficult ones—deserve to be heard. Silence is not a neutral force; it erases lived experiences and allows oppression to thrive unchecked. But by breaking that silence, we reclaim our humanity and demand a future where no one is denied the right to choose their own path.
August 10, 2025
Sinceramente, al leer su comienzo pensé que no me gustaría nada a pesar que el tema que trata es tan importante y tengo una opinión tan clara sobre el mismo.
Aquí se nos cuenta la historia de una chica llamada Grace pero, a la vez, se van intercalando pequeños textos de otras mujeres en su misma situación en diversas épocas a lo largo de la historia y esa mezcla fue la que, en un principio, no me convenció pero que, finalmente, terminó encantándome.
Este relato ha conseguido hacerme llorar y es que es muy real lo que en el mismo se nos narra a pesar de estar ambientado en el futuro. Aquí se nos deja muy claro que la historia es cíclica, que los derechos que hoy tenemos, mañana se pueden perder y que estos retrocesos afectan, sobre todo, a nuestros derechos, a los derechos de las mujeres.
Su lectura ha sido muy dolorosa pero, a la vez, nos tiene que servir como advertencia ya que aún estamos a tiempo de frenar ciertos movimientos retrógrados donde se nos infantiliza y donde un grupo de señoros se creen con la potestad para legislar sobre nuestros cuerpos.
Aquí se nos cuenta la historia de una chica llamada Grace pero, a la vez, se van intercalando pequeños textos de otras mujeres en su misma situación en diversas épocas a lo largo de la historia y esa mezcla fue la que, en un principio, no me convenció pero que, finalmente, terminó encantándome.
Este relato ha conseguido hacerme llorar y es que es muy real lo que en el mismo se nos narra a pesar de estar ambientado en el futuro. Aquí se nos deja muy claro que la historia es cíclica, que los derechos que hoy tenemos, mañana se pueden perder y que estos retrocesos afectan, sobre todo, a nuestros derechos, a los derechos de las mujeres.
Su lectura ha sido muy dolorosa pero, a la vez, nos tiene que servir como advertencia ya que aún estamos a tiempo de frenar ciertos movimientos retrógrados donde se nos infantiliza y donde un grupo de señoros se creen con la potestad para legislar sobre nuestros cuerpos.
October 25, 2023
Rare to read a piece so opinionated that had to little to say, with subtlety of prose comparable to a jackhammer.
Should've been an essay, and frankly it was halfway there. All tell, no show. Message definitely worth being said, but the major theme was fairly clear one page in and the text just kept rolling.
Should've been an essay, and frankly it was halfway there. All tell, no show. Message definitely worth being said, but the major theme was fairly clear one page in and the text just kept rolling.
January 23, 2024
Es difícil hilar tan bien un texto que trata de hacer un repaso sobre el aborto a lo largo de la historia a través de historias personales, ficticias y reales. Este relato lo consigue con creces. Es muy explícita en su mensaje, deja poco a la imaginación, pero lo veo algo más que entendible dado también el contexto en el que se publica. Muy interesante de leer
November 9, 2025
This short story about abortion in the near future has a timely and important message. It is powerfully written, delivering a gut punch similar to The Handmaiden's Tale. I particularly liked how the author interwove the story taking place in the future with anecdotes from the history of contraceptives and abortion, making it both informative and a warning.
July 18, 2023
Vivimos mirando una bomba de relojería mientras se llevan uno a uno nuestros derechos. Ya pasó antes y está pasando ahora.
El test de la coneja, con su aplicación y su control, podría ser nuestro futuro.
El test de la coneja, con su aplicación y su control, podría ser nuestro futuro.
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October 25, 2023
I definitely learnt a lot from this but I think this would’ve worked much better as an essay or a piece of creative nonfiction. The characters and prose were nowhere near as compelling as the historical interludes.
Also, as always, I randomly reviewed a translated version because for some reason many English short stories only have their translated equivalents up on goodreads.
Also, as always, I randomly reviewed a translated version because for some reason many English short stories only have their translated equivalents up on goodreads.
August 3, 2024
Wow! Excelente forma de contar cómo las mujeres de todas las épocas se enfrentan a los embarazos no deseados, siendo las únicas que enfrentan las consecuencias de morir o vivir encarceladas en una sociedad que hace ilegal la decisión sobre sus cuerpos.
February 5, 2025
My word, what a beautifully written heartbreak of a story and history that is fully non-fiction folded in a blanket of fiction to make sure it is read, heard, and understood. **Written while Sobbing**
April 22, 2025
“It is 2022 and it isn’t over.
It is 2022 and it is never over.”
A stunningly woven story with such an important message. History, scifi, feelings, consequences, everything in less than 10,000 words. A real gut punch.
It is 2022 and it is never over.”
A stunningly woven story with such an important message. History, scifi, feelings, consequences, everything in less than 10,000 words. A real gut punch.
November 18, 2025
Understand why this short story on abortion across time won the below awards.
AWARD HONORS: HUGO AWARD WINNER- BEST SHORT STORY, LOCUS AWARD WINNER- BEST SHORT STORY, NEBULA AWARD WINNER- BEST SHORT STORY, THEODORE STURGEON MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER
AWARD HONORS: HUGO AWARD WINNER- BEST SHORT STORY, LOCUS AWARD WINNER- BEST SHORT STORY, NEBULA AWARD WINNER- BEST SHORT STORY, THEODORE STURGEON MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER
July 2, 2023
Este relato es 5 estrellas porque no puedo darle más, pero le daría 200.
Historia reivindicativa y dura sobre e lderecho al aborto. Alucinante.
Historia reivindicativa y dura sobre e lderecho al aborto. Alucinante.
July 24, 2023
Brutal y terrorífico paseo por el espacio-tiempo. Una lectura absolutamente imprescinible que no puede dejarte indiferente.
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