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Old MacDonald Had a Farm (short story)

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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
September 2001

Author
  
Mike Resnick

Illustrator
  
David A Carter

Publication type
  
Magazine

Originally published
  
September 2001

Genre
  
Science Fiction

Country
  
United States of America

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Published in
  
Asimov's Science Fiction

Nominations
  
Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Mike Resnick books
  
Kirinyaga, The Outpost, Seven Views of Olduvai G

Old MacDonald Had a Farm is a science fiction short story written in 2001 by Mike Resnick.

The story is about a reporter who visits a farm where millions of genetically engineered animals are raised to help alleviate the world’s food shortage. What he finds there is both brilliantly wonderful and tragically disturbing.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm was nominated for the 2002 Hugo award for Best Short Story.

References

Old MacDonald Had a Farm (short story) Wikipedia