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The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection
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ISBN13: 9798498680118
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 22 2021
Pages: 310
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 22 2021
Pages: 310
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
An unabridged collection spotlighting the best robot and AI stories published in 2020 by current and emerging masters of the science fiction genre, edited by Allan Kaster.
- Callme and Mink by Brenda Cooper-A robot that trains dogs tries to find good homes for them in a post-collapse world.
- Go. Now. Fix. by Timons Esaias-A Panda Pillow, programmed to comfort children, finds itself in the middle of an airplane disaster.
- Your Boyfriend Experience by James Patrick Kelly-A sexbot designer wants his boyfriend to test out his latest android.
- Metal Like Blood in the Dark by T. Kingfisher-Two space-faring robot siblings, living off sunlight and metal, are captured by an evil drone.
- The Beast Adjoins by Ted Kosmatka- A woman stranded on a comet schemes to keep her son alive and beat the AIs who have nearly wiped out humanity.
- 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know by Ken Liu- The obituary for an AI provides a list of advice for other advanced AIs.
- The Ambient Intelligence by Todd McAulty-A man in power armor confronts a sixty-ton killer robot hiding out in a shipwreck in Lake Michigan.
- Nic and Viv's Compulsory Courtship by Will McIntosh-An AI that controls a city sets up an unwilling couple to become ideal partners.
- Father by Ray Nayler-In an alternate 1950s, the VA sends a robot to be a surrogate father to the son of a dead soldier.
- A Guide for Working Breeds by Vina Jie-Min Prasad-A grumpy robot mentors a perky robot who is having problems with its role in society.
- Rover by A. T. Sayre-A Martian rover, unable to communicate with Earth, detects a repeating radio signal from a spaceship.
- Come the Revolution by Ian Tregillis-In an alternate 18th Century Holland, a robot is determined to escape her makers' constraints.
- Sparklybits by Nick Wolven-The sole stay-at-home mother of a multi-mom family must come to a gut-wrenching decision about their virus-infected smart home.
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