text: The tone shifts rather in the final story, Reversal by AB Gayle. Instead of the heavy themes and sociological ideas, this story is a light-hearted look at what happens when a computer genius is isolated on a off-world manufacturing plant and is sent a male domestic cyborg to help with the cleaning. Sebastian lives a lonely existence and so when the package arrives from his mother, he can't help tinkering about with the cyborg's programming, especially when it looks to have quite a lot of anomalous coding. Sebastian also finds himself strangely attracted to the Cyborg's rippling muscles and good looks and begins to wonder whether he's just very lonely or whether he may not be as straight as he thought he was. This story was just a hoot from start to finish. Sebastian is a very sympathetic character. His acceptance of his isolated lifestyle was quite sad at first, but I enjoyed watching him changing the programming on the cyborg and fighting his growing lust and affection for the robot. I was at times both touched and amused as Sebastian thinks through the moral implications of lusting and even having sex with a robot and I cheered on every change he made to the cyborg's programming. After the serious themes of the previous stories in the anthology, this was the perfect way to end the anthology which left me with a smile on my face.
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  My First Ever Review
  3/20/2010
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  People have read my writing. People have commented on my writing, but they've usually been people I've had contact with in some way. Either via other people's blogs or as critique or beta-readers.
  Yesterday, I received my first review from a person who didn't know me from Adam.
  What a buzz.
  E.H. Has a blog called "E.H. On Books 'N More"
  She reads and reviews lots of books.When "Echoes of the Future" was featured for a reviewette on four days (one for each of us) I waited day by day chewing my nails as she commented on each of my fellow author's books. What would she think of mine?
  It's not your usual story.
  I was thrilled to discover she not only enjoyed it but it rated a "WOW".
  If you're interested, you can read the whole review and a Q & A she did with me here.
  Then to make my day complete, she included an excerpt from "Initiation" and a link to my website.
  What an utter darling.
  Thanks again E.H. You rock.
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  A.B.Gayle
  This is a collection of reviews I've posted at Goodreads and
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  Plus from time to time, I'll share my take on writing and marketing. This will be done under the Tyler Knoll banner, because nothing is better for curing the headache these things can be for us.