{"product_id":"the-years-top-robot-and-eleanna-castroianni-9781884612862","title":"The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Sixth Annual Collection","description":"An unabridged collection spotlighting the best robot and AI stories published in 2024 by current and emerging masters of the science fiction genre, edited by Allan Kaster.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Lark Ascending\" by Eleanna Castroianni\u003c\/b\u003e-A robot aids a girl whose memory has been erased by the government.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Best Version of Yourself\" by Grant Collier\u003c\/b\u003e-A corporation offers a brain procedure that allows everyone to become the best version of themselves via nanobots.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Death and the Gorgon\" by Greg Egan\u003c\/b\u003e-A sheriff investigates the collapse of a cryogenic storage facility with the help of an AI.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Indomitable Captain Holli\" by Rich Larson\u003c\/b\u003e-An AI with unclear motives presents itself as a pirate to a young girl who's eager for adventure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Three Views of a Parking Lot\" by Ken Liu\u003c\/b\u003e-A parking lot becomes a lens into humanity's forgotten spaces as viewed by a small robot searching for meaning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Optics of Infinity\" by James Morrow\u003c\/b\u003e-An AI aboard a space telescope suffers from anxiety attacks as it travels toward the Alpha Moment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Burned Like Coal\" by T. R. Napper\u003c\/b\u003e-Two women and an AI infiltrate a power plant.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Arazem-2 Is Waiting for a Letter\" by Amal Singh\u003c\/b\u003e-A robot grows frustrated with its retirement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Robot\" by Lavie Tidhar\u003c\/b\u003e-A general-purpose robot goes about its duties for nearly six hundred years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Tepid War\" by Jay Werkheiser\u003c\/b\u003e-A product manager in Manhattan goes about his daily routine amidst a war that does not target civilians.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Nine Billion Turing Tests\" by Chris Willrich\u003c\/b\u003e-During a flooding event in Silicon Valley, a software engineer grieving the loss of his wife struggles with both people and AIs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleanna Castroianni,Greg Egan,Rich Larson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1884612865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781884612862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Infinivox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Eleanna Castroianni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47580147417343,"sku":"9781884612862","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9076dfa4-c454-4a28-85a2-10c40ea9c05d.jpg?v=1763879116","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-years-top-robot-and-eleanna-castroianni-9781884612862","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}