This is a part of the 6-story [b:Forward Collection|48207924|Forward Collection|Various|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|73447273] that was initiated by [a:Blake Crouch|442240|Blake Crouch|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1479398727p2/442240.jpg]. He gathered five other authors in the SFF genres to focus on one aspect of the future and put their own signature spin on it. The six authors in this collection are: [a:Blake Crouch|442240|Blake Crouch|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1479398727p2/442240.jpg], [a:Veronica Roth|4039811|Veronica Roth|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1544540525p2/4039811.jpg], [a:N. K. Jemisin|18693727|N. K. Jemisin|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], [a:Paul Tremblay|648612|Paul Tremblay|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1415058580p2/648612.jpg], [a:Amor Towles|4536964|Amor Towles|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1472937967p2/4536964.jpg], and [a:Andy Weir|6540057|Andy Weir|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1382592903p2/6540057.jpg].

I enjoyed this short story so much that it's now in my top 10 of all short stories. Similar to Paul Tremblay's offering for this collection, the second-person perspective is used here. I don't want to give any details so as to spoil it, but here are some hints: A being visits our planet far into the future, it has an AI consciousness hooked into itself that is controlled from home. Okay, that's enough. Read it!

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