You Have Arrived at Your Destination (Forward collection)

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Groskop, Viv (2011-07-15). "Rules of Civility by Amor Towles – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2016-10-12. We’re all born with certain strengths which, ideally, are fostered by our parents and positively reinforced through education and peer interaction. But our strengths don’t serve us well in every circumstance at every phase of our lives. As we grow and enter new contexts, our longer-term strengths can suddenly hamper our worldly progress, which in turn can create dissonance at home.” I really enjoyed it and it’s fast read. Who else would enjoy it? I think if you like short stories with terrific writing or just like science fiction you should probably read this.

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This is one of the Forward Collection, short stories...this one's 46pp...based on an idea by Blake Crouch to explore the nature of change, innovation, and society in fiction. I didn't feel this entry suited the brief. It's too gee-whiz about self-driving cars, a thing that's already entered its second decade of reality...it's entirely too wowee-toledo about the idea of in vitro genetic manipulation, something that's basically ready to roll as soon as a generation less squeamish than our kids' is grows into power...and his lumpen over-the-bottom classist narrator/narrative frame was, frankly, eye-rollingly ridiculous. YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION was a science fiction tale about eugenics, though that word is never mentioned.It would be very hard to say much about this story without giving away crucial things. So even though I often do plot recaps I am not going to do that with the story. Suffice to say the writing is outstanding and futuristic. Sam's wife has chooses three models for him to consider and the Fertility clinic has created three short movies for Sam to watch before making his choice. Mark wrote: "Thanks so much Chrissie, I enjoyed your review - I just finished another one of this series that was good too!!"

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This story about a pivotal point in technological advancement is about reproduction. Yes, human reproduction. As such, this was especially interesting since we've had a lot of discussions online and in different governments about what is technologically possible and what people think/feel should be morally doable. Towles resides in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York City, with his wife Maggie, their son Stokley, and their daughter Esmé. [18] Towles is a collector of fine art and antiques. [18] Awards and honors [ edit ]The three of them sat there in silence, not looking at each other so much as at the middle of the table—at that small plastic container in which there was and wasn’t their future. In which there was and wasn’t ours.” I enjoyed the first part more than the second and that is because I thought it was going in a direction it did not go but that I kind of wish it had gone if that makes any sense at all! Nature or nurture? Neither. Discover a bold new way to raise a child in this unsettling story of the near future by the New York Times bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow. I would have to recommend this because it definitely added something to my life reading it and that’s what a good piece of literature is supposed to do. This story doesn’t quite go where you’d think it would, based on the premise alone. And that’s what makes it interesting. Just not as interesting as a couple of other stories in the Forward collection - but still not bad at all, just not a perfect fit for me.

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Amor Towles won me over with his beautiful historical novel [b:A Gentleman in Moscow|34066798|A Gentleman in Moscow|Amor Towles|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551480896l/34066798._SY75_.jpg|45743836]. I have the plan to read all of his books, but since this novella was science fiction it got boosted to the top of my TBR. I did read 'Breakfast' and thought it was fine, but, like, it was all over in a couple of minutes! If I'm going to read listen , I'll try a real audiobook - I am struggling to keep up a decent rate with them as it is. Including some dnfs, I have reached 29 audiobooks in the first six months of 2022, and I might hit 60 for the year. In 2018 I hit 120 for the year. You Have Arrived at Your Destination tells the story of a couple who decide to use new genetic engineering methods to have their first child. The idea is that the child's genes are "nudged" slightly in different ways and projections are given for the possible futures of each variation. Scary stuff and the husband finds himself becoming less and less enthusiastic about the plan.I was interested in reading the short story You Have Arrived At Your Destination after reading Amor Towles’s engrossing novels Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow. Of course, this speculative fiction short story You Have Arrived At Your Destination is quite different in tone, genre, almost everything, but you can still see Towles’s wonderful eye for detail in creating the story and the world. Totally entertained me and made my trip more enjoyable (hate sitting in the car just being a passenger!) This short story presents a very near, very realistic future in which prospective parents can choose not just the gender or hair color of their future child, but a lot of their personality attributes, too. A married couple, Sam and Annie, decide to consult with a genetic engineering firm as they plan to start a family. In some ways, Sam feels that giving their future son this genetic boost is no different than getting him into a competitive school. our genes don’t merely express who we are. They contain all manner of talents from previous generations that we may not benefit from personally but that can be passed on to our progeny.” a b Kaufman, Joane (September 23, 2016). "Amor Towles, a Gentleman in Gramercy Park". The New York Times . Retrieved February 23, 2017.