Old Media

Apparently, there's a novel published by this author that's also set in this world, and it was published first. I did not know this and so I went into this blind and I can concede this might be why I didn't like it. I just found little value in it. It felt like I read 25 pages from the middle of a novel. It didn't hold the allure that a good short story has. Cool concept, and I bet the novel is well written. It didn't feel like the author knew how to write a short story to me. Lackluster plot with too many flashbacks. I did like the interaction between the robot and the human at the end. Thought-provoking and interesting undoubtedly, but it felt like it came out of nowhere and had little to no relevance to the rest of the story.