Disposable: A Collection of Short Stories II

ISBN-13: 9781482072464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 260 str.

Ponk Vonsydow

Opis

After the Earth is covered in thousands of years of accumulated garbage the humans require help. Aliens tell a homeless man he is actually their long lost emperor and offer him a kingdom. A robot refuses to stop complaining. The humans are disappearing until there's no one left except the cats. A man living on a non-linear timeline tries to figure it out until he meets a woman just like him. In the future happiness is a law. Negative thinkers are forced to wear a Happiness Helmet. An evil mad scientist fails to make robots that will do what he wants. In the future prospective parents must get a baby license and take care of a baby simulator. A 125 pound weakling is given a muscle growing potion by a dying alien. Humans install their brains inside robots, so they can be immortal, but two get confused. A man drinks rocket fuel and mates with an alien, creating his evil twin. A creature goes in search of a legendary structure and has a moment of truth. Creatures suffer from chronic boredom, due to a plethora of robots that tend to their every need. A 500 pound man meets aliens who offer to feed him as much food as he can eat. In the future humans keep robots as pets and androids as slaves, but they all perish. A race of aliens defends their planet from a human invasion with musical weapons. A dying old man refuses to download his mind into a computer where others live eternally. Artificially intelligent machines replace human beings but the humans fight back. An egotistical self-important robot forgets the little people that helped him become famous. A rogue comet's radiation causes human beings all over the globe to melt. In the future people create clones so they can harvest their bodies for total body transplants. A servant class robot accidentally ends up with a Sex-Bot chip and sexually obsesses.