★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention
(SF Exploration) Ray’s anxiety about his first assignment on-planet isn’t helped by a robot that won’t cooperate. Worse, no one gave him her override code. (1,405 words; Time: 04m)
"Fine-Tuning," by Bond Elam [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 03-04|19, published on February 15, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: The author does an excellent job of planting little hints throughout the story so that when Ava reveals he’s the robot, not her, it all clicks.
Con: Before I realized Ava was human, I was hugely irritated by the unrealistic, dysfunctional robot and the unrealistically helpless human.
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Pro: The author does an excellent job of planting little hints throughout the story so that when Ava reveals he’s the robot, not her, it all clicks.
Con: Before I realized Ava was human, I was hugely irritated by the unrealistic, dysfunctional robot and the unrealistically helpless human.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Bond Elam Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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