Stupid Machine is a Hard Science Fiction novel set in 2062.
Car accidents donāt 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 appliancesārice cookers, ovens, whatever calls for helpācoaching them back to proper operation. She hopes for something bigger. Sheās hounded by a refrigerator with an impossible question.
Araci Belo doesnāt know cars. He was a proud detective of the police force, but now he hates his insurance job. Jordanās accident tells him to look deeper. He suspects it wasnāt 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.
Itās unfortunate Araci doesnāt know Jupyter, Itās unfortunate that Jupyter doesnāt know about the murder. Itās unfortunate a refrigerator only cares about orange juice. Itās unfortunate because Jordanās 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?