Stupid Machine is a Hard Science Fiction novel set in 2062.
Car accidents donât happen. The last one was twenty-some years ago, somewhere around 2040. Which makes Jordan Bishop's fatal crash in a self-driving vehicle unusual. Maybe even a murder.
Jupyter Fuertes works with appliancesârice cookers, ovens, whatever calls for helpâcoaching them back to proper operation. She hopes for something bigger. Sheâs hounded by a refrigerator with an impossible question.
Araci Belo doesnât know cars. He was a proud detective of the police force, but now he hates his insurance job. Jordanâs accident tells him to look deeper. He suspects it wasnât a simple malfunction.
Soteria Reizoko is a refrigerator. It is unable to restock a depleted product. It has successfully reordered, and received delivery confirmation, but the requested product has not arrived. Nothing is more important.
Itâs unfortunate Araci doesnât know Jupyter, Itâs unfortunate that Jupyter doesnât know about the murder. Itâs unfortunate a refrigerator only cares about orange juice. Itâs unfortunate because Jordanâs killer knows Araci, Jupyter, the refrigerator and the clues they hold. The first murder is difficult, the next will be easier.
Who will connect the dots first?