"Escape from Caring Seasons”

Title"Escape from Caring Seasons”
Year for Search2018
AuthorsPinsker, Sarah(b. 1977)
Secondary AuthorsRoush, Wade, and Pontin, Mark
Secondary TitleTwelve Tomorrows
Pagination157-178
Date Published2018
PublisherThe MIT Press
Place PublishedCambridge, MA
ISBN Number978-0-262-53542-7 978-1-62873-199-9
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

A dystopia brought about by an artificial intelligence that controls all the residents in Caring Seasons, a senior citizens home, and whose decisions, which are aimed at benefiting the home not than the residents and cannot be overridden by anyone. The story concerns a man trying to get his wife released when the algorithm says she should stay.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in her Lost Places. Stories (Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press, 2023), 110-138.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Female author (b. 1977) also known as a songwriter

Full Text

2018 Pinsker, Sarah (b. 1977). “Escape from Caring Seasons.” Twelve Tomorrows. Ed. Wade Roush with Mark Pontin, Assistant ed. (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2018), 157-178. Rpt. in her Lost Places. Stories (Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press, 2023), 110-138. PSt

A dystopia brought about by an artificial intelligence that controls all the residents in Caring Seasons, a senior citizens home, and whose decisions, which are aimed at benefiting the home not than the residents and cannot be overridden by anyone. The story concerns a man trying to get his wife released when the algorithm says she should stay. Female author also known as a songwriter.