Summer Frost (Forward Collection) by Blake Crouch

Summer Frost (Forward Collection) by Blake Crouch| Published September 17th 2019 by Amazon Original Stories |  75 Pages | Goodreads

✅ REVIEW

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, Blake Crouch.

This story is part of Forward, a collection of six stories of the near and far future from six great authors. Get the collection here.

✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION

“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 closer examination, an emotional relationship develops between them. Soon Riley has all new plans for her spontaneous AI, including bringing Max into the real world. But what if Max has real-world plans of her own?”

✅ BOOK SOURCE AND FORMAT

Source: Prime lending, format: Kindle eBook