Jimmy has Frank, who they 'raised' as a butler. The other A.I., the eponymous Augie, was nurtured more as a much-loved child. And much as children suffer emotionally when parents divorce, so Augie is feeling the strain. The repairman suggests a dramatic solution and resolution. A Singular Clone.
Invasive surgery appears to be the only option to save a marine alien.
And the tool for that operation is a Kingfisher-like alien. Haydn, the human, is torn between the dangers to his two friends. In Probability Zero, Edward M. Lerner, looks at shady practices in the I.T. market. Conclusion A so-so issue. There are no real standouts, as most of the stories cover ground pretty well covered in the past.