Robert’s Reviews > The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6 > Status Update

Larson, Rich “How Quinn the Squid Misplaced His Klobucar” The peristalsis of an amoral universe.

Wilde, Fran “Rhizome, by Starlight”

De Bodard, Aliette “The Long Tail”

Dudak, Andy “Salvage”

Corey, James S. A. “Elsewhere” A daughter visits her dying father by using an avatar.

Rickety, M. “This World is Made for Monsters “ A family of aliens visits a small town.

Samatar, Sofia “Fairy Tales for Robots” A roboticist prepares her creation before awakening to the world by telling stories about how people have perceived and treated robots.

Malik, Usman T. “Beyond These Stars Other Tribulations of Love” A son embarks on an interstellar voyage while also splitting his consciousness so that he can remain with his ailing mother on Earth.

Liu, Ken “Uma” A utility worker, remotely operating a service robot, helps to rescue a family during a forest fire.

Arnason, Eleanor “Tunnels” An attempted murder through the use of a bioengineered virus.