Short Story Review: Cold Comfort
by Ray Vukcevich
Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, July 2007 edition
What if a refrigerator was smart enough to know what was put into it and what if it was programmed to alert the proper authorities if that something was illegal?
That is exactly what happens in this short story, however when the fridge snitches it is expecting to talk with another machine which happens to be off-line at that moment. Instead human beings answer the fridge’s call and it does not believe that it is talking with real people. What follows is a twist on the Turing Test.
Overall an interesting idea that is well written but very brief (just three pages).
Tomorrows review:
Daughters of Prime by Lawrence C. Connoly
Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, July 2007 edition