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I can't believe I'm rating a short story 5 stars but holy fuck it deserves it...By far the best in the Forward Collection and one of those haunting, thought provoking stories that will leave you questioning it for long after you've finished it.
Summer Frost was so good. Probably my second favourite of the Forward collection because Jemisin's Emergency Skin just really did it for me, but they are so different that it's hard to compare them. Jemisin's was shorter and snappier with a very hard-hitting concept. Crouch's was longer, with way more character development and a touch of what seems to be his trademark doomed romance.Crouch really is quite the romantic, I think. Not in a bad way. It adds a much-needed layer of humanity to his sci...
Riley, a video game developer, eventually becomes obsessed with one of the characters in their new video game project (named Max). Max starts doing things with a will of her own. Riley has plans for Max’s future, but it seems, so does Max…I really enjoyed this short-story. It was very engrossing, strange and different from what I usually read. I was curious to see what was going to happen, and I had a hard time putting the book down. This is my first read by Blake Crouch and I look forward to re...
Real Rating: 4.75* of fiveThe Publisher Says: A video game developer becomes obsessed with a willful character in her new project, in a mind-bending exploration of what it means to be human by the New York Times bestselling author of Recursion.Maxine was made to do one thing: die. Except the minor non-player character in the world Riley is building makes her own impossible decision—veering wildly off course and exploring the boundaries of the map. When the curious Riley extracts her code for clo...
➡️Good morning, Max. ➡️Hello, Riley.➡️What have you done since our last session? ➡️Max read 895,013 books."I don't love the book for these lines though!But that's pretty fascinating even for an artificial being. I am impressed, Blake Crouch. But why that exact number though? He is one truly amazing sci-fi writer that I so hopelessly adore. He makes me love sci-fi!This one talks about artificial intelligence. And one of the best sci-fi game fiction adaptation.The characters are so well made up. T...
Summer Frost is a short story about a video game character who tests the boundaries of the game — How far is too far?Video game designer Riley created Max, a non-player character, designed to die in a game. Max stretches the limits of her capabilities and Riley, curious, pushes forward, seeing how much she can grow Max’s character. She does this to the detriment of her personal life, spending more time at work than with her wife and daughter. Riley wants to bring Max into the real world, beyond
Sheesh - Crouch seriously is the king of sci-fi and this AI story gets right under your skin. LOVE.
I am not a big science fiction reader, but whatever Crouch cooks up, I will devour! This was such a clever and interesting book. He had me from the beginning scene and didn't lose me even with lots of computer, science fiction, and AI. I listened to the audio book and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed hearing Blake explain what inspired him to write this Forward collection which include short stories by some of the authors he admires. The gist is a video game programmer becomes obsessed with her new
A game developer becomes obsessed with one of her characters after it breaks the script and becomes self-aware.This is a short fiction story that explores AI. The dialog and themes reflect on the nature of human life and our understanding of it. Although the novel is short, the topics discussed have stayed me with me long after I turned the last page. There is a Black-Mirrorish vibe that chilled me to the core at some points.Short but powerful, another great story from one of my favorite writers...
A highly enjoyable, fast-paced story on the impact of an AI with more than human intelligence - 4 starsConsciousness is a horror show. You search for glimpses of beauty to justify your existence.I thoroughly disliked Dark Matter but I think this contribution of Blake Crouch to the Forward Story Collection is the best (together with The Last Conversation).We follow Riley who works at a game development company that becomes aware of a non-player character acting outside of programming. After a Mat...
“It’s not choosing between reality and fantasy. It’s choosing which reality you want to exist in.” What do we, humans, want when chasing the dream of creating an advanced artificial intelligence? Is is just a pure desire to create AI because we can, a scientific challenge for a geeky mind? Or it a commercial desire to have intelligent but yet obedient servants, human enough in their reasoning for us to be comfortable interacting with them — but still constrained from taking over despite supre
A huge THANK YOU to my Goodreads friends Ian and Cheryl for introducing me to this book! You guys are da bomb 💣💻💻💻💻 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 💻💻💻💻💻𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 🎮 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝙼𝚊𝚡 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎, 𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙼𝚊𝚡'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛, 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 🤯 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚡 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏. This book reads like an episode of Black Mirror. If...
