Self-crashing cars; a rabbit that transcends reality; the inexorable passion of artificial intelligence-- Autonomy is a collection of stories dealing with the real and the strange. Includes the novella The Young Hyenas. AND… “SWITCH” An outing with grandma turns into a nightmarish joyride. “Robot Butler” Dymotron’s Robot Butler is the best help a man can buy, but at what cost? “GOBi & the Jo-Bird” Google’s “Online Being” runs rampant and… falls in love. “Autonomous” A detour in a self-driving car turns deadly. “Horse Mode” For Marshall, life is full of choices. But who is actually making them? “Cold, As I Am” A loner in a strange city overthinks an innocuous question. Aeneatha, in the Sky A woman follows a rabbit out of an alien world. “Ice Cream for Smitty” When Smitty is terrorized by two young boys, a tiny thought inspires meaningful action. “Elisha Rabbit” A magical rabbit transcends death and reality. Plus, eclectic-noir flash Big Sky A Week Along the Coast Cooley’s Cabin Ga!
I don't usually enjoy short stories all that much because there's either no time to get into them or they end just as you do. These ones seemed to be just the right amount of writing to enjoy and feel complete. The beginning and the end ones were the best. I did have a hard time with the stories in the middle. They didn't make any sense and were hard to read.