{"product_id":"the-years-top-robot-and-will-mcintosh-9798498680118","title":"The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Callme and Mink\" by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrenda Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e-A robot that trains dogs tries to find good homes for them in a post-collapse world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Go. Now. Fix.\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTimons Esaias\u003c\/b\u003e-A \"Panda Pillow,\" programmed to comfort children, finds itself in the middle of an airplane disaster.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Your Boyfriend Experience\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames Patrick Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e-A sexbot designer wants his boyfriend to test out his latest android.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Metal Like Blood in the Dark\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eT. Kingfisher\u003c\/b\u003e-Two space-faring robot siblings, living off sunlight and metal, are captured by an evil drone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Beast Adjoins\" by Ted Kosmatka\u003c\/b\u003e- A woman stranded on a comet schemes to keep her son alive and beat the AIs who have nearly wiped out humanity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eKen Liu\u003c\/b\u003e- The obituary for an AI provides a list of advice for other advanced AIs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Ambient Intelligence\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTodd McAulty\u003c\/b\u003e-A man in power armor confronts a sixty-ton killer robot hiding out in a shipwreck in Lake Michigan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Nic and Viv's Compulsory Courtship\" by Will McIntosh\u003c\/b\u003e-An AI that controls a city sets up an unwilling couple to become \"ideal partners.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Father\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eRay Nayler\u003c\/b\u003e-In an alternate 1950s, the VA sends a robot to be a surrogate father to the son of a dead soldier.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A Guide for Working Breeds\" by Vina Jie-Min Prasad\u003c\/b\u003e-A grumpy robot mentors a perky robot who is having problems with its role in society.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Rover\" by A. T. Sayre\u003c\/b\u003e-A Martian rover, unable to communicate with Earth, detects a repeating radio signal from a spaceship.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Come the Revolution\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIan Tregillis\u003c\/b\u003e-In an alternate 18th Century Holland, a robot is determined to escape her makers' constraints.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Sparklybits\" by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Wolven\u003c\/b\u003e-The sole stay-at-home mother of a multi-mom family must come to a gut-wrenching decision about their virus-infected smart home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Will McIntosh, Ken Liu, T. Kingfisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8498680115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798498680118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Will McIntosh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945884123391,"sku":"9798498680118","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ed6b5f88-5ca4-4c83-be72-d6c6981fe084.jpg?v=1681510305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-years-top-robot-and-will-mcintosh-9798498680118","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}