Tor.com 10/21, 10/28, 11/11, 11/18/20
While many of
Locus‘s reviewers are deeply entrenched in 2021, I’ll be spending this month and the next wrapping up everything I can from 2020. The joy of online publication is the ease of getting content quickly, but it means I rarely get to see issues in advance. So please enjoy these last hurrahs of an otherwise insane year, and make sure to keep stories from the end of 2020 in mind when it comes time for award nominations and voting.
October’s
Brenda Cooper, “
Callme and Mink“. Julie is a robot who trains service dogs. Although she’s moved around a lot in this post-collapse future, she’s settled in a seaside town, where she’s been training a younger dog for some time when a local shopkeeper refers a wandering family to her. They have an ailing daughter, unable to walk on her own, and Julie decides that they’re a worthy fit for Mink. She takes the time to train the family on how best to handle and provide for the d
i think the burden is on the other parties to prove that we have done something wrong. reporter: attorneys general in all 50 states may agree. they launched a joint investigation into allegations that mortgage companies broke laws in foreclosing on homeowners when they employsed robo signers who failed to verify the accuracy of affidavits and have documents properly know to properly notorized. inaccurate documents. conflict of interest, faulty chains of title and failures to provide required disclosures. last week, allied, bank of america, and j.p. morgan chase halted foreclosures in 23 states admitting they made mistakes. they were suggesting they might resolve this in months. analysts thinking at the breadth and depth of the problem that it is likely to take at least a year. abc news has learned in some cases, companies hired by banks that take over empty homes are actually breaking into them before the property is even in foreclosure. rob, vinita? witnesses t