You Have Arrived at Your Destination (Forward Short Story Collection) by Amor Towles - Starting September 27th 2019

[GridGirl]

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.

When Sam’s wife first tells him about Vitek, a twenty-first-century fertility lab, he sees it as the natural next step in trying to help their future child get a “leg up” in a competitive world. But the more Sam considers the lives that his child could lead, the more he begins to question his own relationships and the choices he has made in his life.

Amor Towles’s You Have Arrived at Your Destination is part of Forward, a collection of six stories of the near and far future from out-of-this-world authors. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting.

[Krystal]

9% (view spoiler)[Oh jeez, people wanting to 'make' babies with choosing personality and temperament. I love these type of stories though! (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

(view spoiler)[Three interesting Daniels. I think I would pick the first one. The third one does change and I do like that as well. (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

91% (view spoiler)[What the heck does he have to be sorry about?? (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

Ending............... I need other's thoughts on this one.

[HeatherH]

30% ish
(view spoiler)[ About a third of the way through, just finished seeing the second version of Daniel... I really like how easy it is to see this being our future - it makes you think about all the moral issues around it. <\spoiler>

Have to grab a bit of sleep after working all night but will finish later and post thoughts! (hide spoiler)]

[HeatherH]

Finished..

(view spoiler)[ So I think they were hinting at the corporation using the children it helped create for war? The whole part with Beezer (I listened to it so not sure I got that spelled right) was a bit confusing. Up until that part I was enjoying the story and the concept felt eerily like something that could happen in our lifetime. The ending just left me a little lost.. (hide spoiler)]

[HeatherH]

Krystal wrote: "91% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I think because he didn't go home and wasn't there for their dinner plans? (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

Heather wrote: "Krystal wrote: "91% [spoilers removed]"

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I thought that too, but goodness, I don’t think he should have apologized.

[Krystal]

Heather wrote: "Finished..

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Same!!!! Exactly the same thoughts.

[✨Skye✨]

1/4 (view spoiler)[ I got vibes like The Passengers by John Marrs for this one! I liked the writing, it was easy to get into. (hide spoiler)]

[✨Skye✨]

2/4 (view spoiler)[ Love the premise! I would love to see a full length book based around Vitek and the idea that you can basically choose your child based on their whole life. This story is too short to do much with it, but imagine the ethical conversation in a longer book! I'm suspicious of Annie. (hide spoiler)]

[✨Skye✨]

3/4 (view spoiler)[ The time at the bar feels a little like wasted pages in a book so long, but I understand why it's in there. It's kind of just him losing his mind for 20 pages (hide spoiler)]

[✨Skye✨]

4/4 (view spoiler)[ I wanted a little more from the ending. I don't understand exactly how Vitek would use his DNA for defence and I want to know how shady Annie was. (hide spoiler)]