Forward Collection | Various Authors | Science Fiction | Book Review

 

Ark by Veronica Roth, You have arrived at your destination by Amor Towles, Summer Frost by Blake Crouch, Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin, The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay, Randomize by Andy Weir

Publisher: Amazon Original Stories

Publication Date: Sep 17, 2019

Format: Kindle

In the near future, if Vegas games are ingeniously scam-proof, then the heists have to be too, in this imaginative and whip-smart story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.

An IT whiz at the Babylon Casino is enlisted to upgrade security for the game of keno and its random-number generator. The new quantum computer system is foolproof. But someone on the inside is no fool. For once the odds may not favor the house—unless human ingenuity isn’t entirely a thing of the past.

Andy Weir’s Randomize is part of Forward, a collection of six stories of the near and far future from out-of-this-world authors. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting.

What’s more frightening: Not knowing who you are? Or finding out? A Bram Stoker Award–winning author explores the answer in a chilling story about identity and human consciousness.

Imagine you’ve woken up in an unfamiliar room with no memory of who you are, how you got there, or where you were before. All you have is the disconnected voice of an attentive caretaker. Dr. Kuhn is there to help you—physically, emotionally, and psychologically. She’ll help you remember everything. She’ll make sure you reclaim your lost identity. Now answer one question: Are you sure you want to?

Paul Tremblay’s The Last Conversation is part of Forward, a collection of six stories of the near and far future from out-of-this-world authors. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting.

Forward Collection is available on Amazon :

The Last Conversation

Ark

Randomize

Summer Frost

You have arrived at your destination

Emergency Skin

My Opinion

I read Forward Collection as a part of my book club. All the stories have been written by eminent authors. I was expecting all of them to be good but "Randomize" by Andy Weir was the only one which blew my brain off. It was a lot more interesting with all the computer-related info with a thriller. Ark by Veronica Roth was nice but it lacked that perfect ending. Although the information it provided about flowers was mesmerizing.

I think I was looking for more action and adventure which was not present in the stories. Maybe the book was not for me. The book deserves 3 stars.

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