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Non-cartographic book rec: "Automatic Noodle" by Annalee Newitz is a cozy dystopian scifi about robots starting a noodle joint in San Francisco. Gave me powerful Golden State feels! Newitz even used Joel Pomerantz's map Seep City to ensure the city hydrology worked! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

us.macmillan.comAutomatic NoodleA cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.An instant USA Tod...

27/10/26, 4:59 pm1 repost30 likes

Simon Prickett

@simonprickett.dev

I’ve read that one - loved it!

The Map Center

@mapcenter.com

11h

Overall I found it sweet, imaginative and richly explored. Gave me a killer restaurant list for the next time I'm in SF. It's an extremely millennial book in its vocabulary and attitude. Sometimes that felt too on-the-nose? 8/10 ideal quick read best served with a spicy hot noodle soup.

Sam G. Howard

@samghoward.riliberator.com

10h

I listened to it on audiobook as part of the Hugo packet. It was very good (high quality stuff in the Best Novella category).

The Map Center

@mapcenter.com

10h

Because I know every geographer in the Bay Area (lol I wish), I actually had a beer with Joel Pomerantz in like 2018 when Seep City came out. He did incredible, exhaustive research on the history of San Francisco's hydrology and hid did it all without GIS. I wanna say he used Illustrator. WTF.

The Map Center

@mapcenter.com

10h

I tried to buy some of his maps for The Map Center but he only hand delivers his maps one at a time on a bicycle. No bulk orders.