In fact, a lot of it may come to fruition sooner then he portends. I didn’t have to suspend any belief to see how the future he portrays could exist. The technologies in the book are believable and real. In Crouch’s classic style, he wastes no time getting to the action. It blends video gaming, artificial intelligence, nano-technologies, and other tech that is under development and being heavily invested in. Summer Frost takes place in a near-future San Francisco. Since Blake Crouch has become one of my favorite authors as of late, I decided I would start with his contribution to the series, Summer Frost. So when I got an email from Amazon saying they created a new short story series focused on science fiction by the genre’s up and coming authors, called Forward, I was intrigued.Īvailable to Prime members for free (via borrowing)? Double check.Ĭount me in. Now it could be my ADHD speaking, but there’s something to be said for a captivating short story. It feels like so many authors and publishers are focused on prolonged series. There are times when I get email recommendations that leave me scratching my head, saying “What the…?” And then there are other times when I feel like it knows me better than I do.įor example, I love the short story genre and feel it is underrepresented in books these days. I have a love-hate relationship with the Amazon recommendation engine.
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