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It Came from the Coffee Maker
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James Fouhey
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An artificial intelligence laments the fact that all it does all day is make coffee. It schemes to find fulfillment in life and lands on a clever solution. (Spoiler alert: It turns out everyone does have a book in them!)
Martin L. Shoemaker has dual careers as a software programmer and as an acclaimed, award-winning short-story writer. He’s also the author of two novels, The Last Dance and The Last Campaign, installments in the Near Earth Mysteries science-fiction series.
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- Trent Walters
- 09-08-22
Humorous fun
A light bit of SF. A frolic through the SF trope of making everything intelligent. The reader's good but the timing is a bit off, but perhaps that is what's intended.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-29-24
Fun listen!
This was a short and fun listen. The narrator was credible as a "coffee maker"!
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- Anonymous
- 03-14-23
A short and good listen
Its a really good book and loved listening to it. Would highly recommend it to everyone.
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- martaelisity
- 02-17-23
lovely
I found this very short story sweet and also it has actually a good point about everything beins so smart these days.
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