The 10K Bug by
Abhay Adil is a short riveting science fiction. To write such a sci-fi novel,
one needs to be highly imaginative and must hold a futuristic stance. And this
novel has that punch. While reading you will come across new landscape, queer beliefs,
a set of strange characters, and technology that is uncommon today.
As the story
kicks off, we see inter-galactic civilization. Remember Elon Musk and his
company SpaceX. He often puts that he wants to make inter-planetary travel a
common hobby for masses. In this novel, you will find humans and robots living
together in the era of inter-galaxy civilization. But as a matter of fact, wherever
you find humans, you will see the differences – so does here. There is a conflict
between humans and robots. Arck is one such council of humans that demand total
freedom from robots.
As the story
chugs on, you see that there are common issues faced by all such as storage of
big data, etc. Well, the biggest problem is inevitable. The year is 9999, and
soon it will be the year 10,000. In a council meeting, it comes as the current
date format on their galaxy is 4 digit, once the year is over in some months,
what will be the new format for the 5 digit date format. It worries all, if
this issue didn’t get fixed, the data will get lost and robots may expire on
their own.
There are some
people who wish to have a solution for the year 10K. However, the villainous
outfit Arck is high with anti-robot propaganda and behave otherwise. Coming to
the characters of the novella, since the start we see Issac, a robot; and Linda,
she is a human. They are more than friends. Some sources reveal that the solution
to the problem lies in a far of planet called earth, as it too faced the
similar situation with a bug called Y2K many years ago.
Now the race
against the time begins. They move out of their planet Teraitist-b, with the
help of Elon, a rocket pilot. Somehow they all reach Earth – they find it
strange, beautiful, barren, and full of trash. Linda and Issac begin their
search. They come across the Godfather of Knowledge who seems to possess all
the knowledge about the earth and many technologies, however, there was a
technology called Blockchain which he could not grasped. He is not much of help
to that robot and Linda. Now the rest of the story is how they find the
solution on earth and what all possible problems grapple their search. It’s
strange to know that the solution to the lives of inter-galactic civilization
lay on Earth.
In the
backdrop runs many aspects about the lives of humans and robots that will
thrill you to the core, especially the war between the supporters of Gadha
Prasad and the hero of Alliance. If one wants to know how AI can master all
spheres of human life, this is the novel to be picked up soon. Like most of the
fantasy fictions, the author succeeded in creating all together a different
life events and landscapes and ambience for the readers. All in all, the novel
is too high on imagination.
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