Children of the New World

I picked up this book because of a comparison a podcast host made between it and some of George Saunders more speculative short stories. Weinstein's tales begin with technological twists on our present world. The near, believable futures told in these memorable tales, led me to wonder: What if we really could see our screens on the inside of our eyelids? Will we someday feel grief when our AI servants or “friends” reach the end of their functional lives? And, from the last story in the anthology, what would it be like to live through another “Ice Age?” Thoughtful and thought-provoking stories which remain with the reader long after the final page is turned.

How often do I give a short story collections 5 stars? Almost never. This one, however, this one is filled with stories that are mindblowingly awesome. Black Mirror-ish in the telling, all of these universes seem to be our time only slightly just ahead of us in the future. The futures in these stories are frightening. Nightmare inducing visions of climate change, devices planted in our minds, robot children, invented memories and a complete death to our current way of life.
Weinstein's style reminds me of George Saunders, this work reminds me of Black Mirror. It's impossible to pick a favorite-they were all good.
These are the ones I think I might never forget:
Fall Line, Migration, Rocket Night (OMG a modern The Lottery), Ice Age, and The Cartographers (which smacked me in the face with it's giant twist of an ending)

So very, very good.