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Sto caricando le informazioni... For Want of a Naildi Mary Robinette Kowal
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Two stories for the price of one. Mary Robinette Kowal treats her readers to two versions of the same story, which is pretty fun, especially for another writer like me. For Want of a Nail revolves around a seemingly insoluble conflict; a machine meant to remember things needs maintenance or it will forget, and a human has a similar though more difficult problem. Do you save the machine or the person. Discuss. ( ) A wonderfully written short story about an AI whose handler, having dropped it, is having quite a few repair problems to deal with. As the story unfolds we get to learn that the AI has far worse issues than just the repairs it needs. If you like AI stories then this is a really good one. And best of all it's free. http://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/for-want-of-a-nail-is-a-hugo-nominee/ A short story focusing on the hazards of working with legacy equipment, set within a hinted context of a highly-controlled social structure. An AI wrangler discovers (in the course of repairing it) that her AI may be more independent and less honest than she thought. This story acquired additional resonance as I thought about it and realised I'd missed the point, which is that the AI is the most human character in the tale - if only because it has been programmed to be so. The humans live by a set of rules/standards that are applied ruthlessly; there is no personal or ethical framework to challenge those rules. They behave like machines in order to survive their multi-generational journey; the AI can be programmed to obey new rules. All of which is an interesting (if not new) idea at the core, but doesn't win any extra stars as I don't think the execution is entirely successful. I like my short stories to pack a punch; this one was more like shadow boxing. It's a diverting read, but not a particularly engaging or fulfilling one. My edition includes the original draft of the story. It's flawed, but I think Kowal is hard on herself - it has some good ingredients (if some awkward writing and a pedestrian action climax) and the setting is as potentially interesting as in the final edition. It is interesting to see how the story evolved from initial brainstorming notes to first draft to award winning completion. This is a free short story, nominated for a Hugo Award in 2010. It's available from the author's website as well as Asimov's Magazine site where it was originally published in Sep10. http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/for-want-of-a-nail-is-a-hugo-nominee/ Well done in some ways, the story didn't really grab me by the heart the way it could have. With just a few characters & in a few words, Kowal did a good job of painting the world & the problem was believable in general, but failed badly on the specifics. The brother's emotions & contentions seemed pasted in for effect & weren't particularly believable to me nor did I care for their indifference about recycling, especially since this was the original cause. Obviously the logic of their society in this regard wasn't perfect, yet the two main characters behaved as if it was. The parallels between dementia & an AI's lack of long term storage were interesting & the saving grace of this story. It is an interesting concept. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Chiacchierata con l'autoreMary Robinette Kowal ha chattato con gli iscritti a LibraryThing da Sep 13, 2010 a Sep 26, 2010. Guarda la chat. Discussioni correntiNessuno
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