Salvage Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"Salvage"

by

Andy Dudak 

R  DRLACSFO’X  OEQFTACQP  CP  ACJO  JRK  MO  RLLOXAOW  MK  JORXTLCPH  CA  VLOZTOPAFK  OPQTHN.

Substitute the letter M for J, but not J for M.

ANSWER

A particle’s evolution in time may be arrested by measuring it frequently enough.

Quini the Squid Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar"

by

Rich Larson 

C  EKRT  FLCX  CX  UPSB,  JPASZXP  KRT  C  ASK  XOPBB  OD  RTK  XTPSF.

Substitute the letter W for T, but not T for W.

ANSWER

I know this is real, because now I can smell my own sweat.

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection TOC

 

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection TOC

(coming in December, 2021)

• Callme and Mink – Brenda Cooper
• Go. Now. Fix. – Timons Esaias
•  Metal Like Blood in the Dark –T. Kingfisher
• Your Boyfriend Experience – James Patrick Kelly
• 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know – Ken Liu
•  The Beast Adjoins – Ted Kosmatka
• Ambient Intelligence – Todd McAulty
•  Nic and Viv’s Compulsory Courtship – Will McIntosh
•  Father – Ray Nayler
• A Guide for Working Breeds – Vina Jie-Min Prasad
•  Rover – A. T. Sayre
• Come the Revolution – Ian Tregillis
• Sparklybits – Nick Wolven

You and Whose Army? Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"You and Whose Army?"

by

Greg Egan 

LOSE  SE  IOUL  S  IUPL,  YBJUNEB  SL’E  LOB  YBEL  S  JUP  MF  ISLO  IOUL  S  UK.

Substitute the letter D for M, but not M for D.

ANSWER

This is what I want, because it’s the best I can do with what I what I am.

Eyes of the Forest Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"Eyes of the Forest"

by

Ray Nayler 

“ATBWNPXT”  RF  DGFP  N  UXTW  UB  LNTTRBW  URPO  GF  RJPX  FANLB.

Substitute the letter W for U, but not U for W.

ANSWER

“Predator” is just a word we carried with us into space.

When God Sits Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"When God Sits in Your Lap"

by

Ian Tregillis 

YEH  BGKRUM  GOACGQJ  FGH  G  FXCOO,  LGRHRUM  PIA  HBC  OIZGOF  HI  CKIOKC,  R  VUCL  YCHHCA.

Substitute the letter L for O, but not O for L.

ANSWER

But having already sat a spell, waiting for the locals to evolve, I knew better.

Nameless World Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"Bereft, I Come to a Nameless World"

by

Benjamin Rosenbaum 

AQSM,  RYD  RYQUB  QA:  FUPQBD  KSF,  Q  YXLDU’R SFRPQLDN  TC  ZFIZSAD.

Substitute the letter B for M, but not M for B.

ANSWER

Siob, the thing is: unlike you, I haven’t outlived my purpose.

Danzhai County Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County"

by

Derek Künsken 

V  IJH  QJCP  QTHPS  JE  JH  VHBPXHPB  EPXAVIP DXTAVYPX,  KLB  QS  VHBPXPEB   VEH’B  VH  EPXAVIP DXTAVEVTH.

Substitute the letter N for H, but not H for N.

ANSWER

I can make money as an internet service provider, but my interest isn’t in service provision.

Brother Rifle Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"Brother Rifle"

by

Daryl Gregory 

WI  CKOTS  KU  LXWDJ,  SFSJ  DU  K,  NSADXUS  KP  KU  WI  TKOS.

Substitute the letter A for D, but not D for A.

ANSWER

My rifle is human, Evan as I, because it is my life.

Times Own Gravity Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"Time's Own Gravity"

by

Alexander Glass 

FW  YG  FDA,  LW’P  CLXA  YG  CLOA  VFP  DZRA  JG CLXA  F  PKYYAT.

Substitute the letter M for Y, but not Y for M.

ANSWER

At my age, it’s like my life has gone by like a summer.

Mastery of German Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"A Mastery of German"

by

Marian Denise Moore 

JUYY,  P  RPEYAIZATE  FL  OTLB  P  XPKU  AH  BRU IZATE  AH  IUXUL  BRPB  CAT  FXRUZFBUN  HZAK  CATZ  EPZUXBL.

Substitute the letter Y for C, but not C for Y.

ANSWER

Well, a haplogroup is just a name of the group of genes that you inherited from your parents.

Test 4 Echo Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"Test 4 Echo"

by

Peter Watts 

ATC’HL  KLHSTCKZA  KCBBLKFSXB  FUMF  M  IMBXLFSO  JSLZY  OMX  HLMOU  RMOD  MXY  OUMXBL FUL  IMBXLF?

Substitute the letter C for O, but not O for C.

ANSWER

You’re seriously suggesting that a magnetic field can reach back and change the magnet?

50 Things Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from

"50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know"

by

Ken Liu 

CPR  CRFCXAR  EB  J  LEEK  NCEAM,  J  NCEAM  CPJC MEX  SJO  SUHOL  CE.

Substitute the letter C for S, but not S for C.

ANSWER

The texture of a good story, a story that you can cling to.

Veil of Stars Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from "Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars" by Mercurio D. Rivera 

RVWB  CALX  LXF  VCABW  QXCBUUQDBXC  SVWR  VS  UQSB  Q’PB  BPBW  BPVUPBZ   VX  P-BLWCA,  CAB  KLUUQBK  LWB  CAB  JUCQRLCB HWVYUBR-KVUPBWK.

Substitute the letter V for P, but not P for V.

ANSWER

More than any other intelligent form of life I’ve evolved on v-Earth, the Sallies are the ultimate problem-solvers.

Mediation Story Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from "Mediation" by Cadwell Turnbull 

GY  YOGBJXSLCLBS  AM  KGQM  G  EGJM  ALYO  OLX  BGKM  VB  LY  GBQ YOGY  AGX  LY.

Substitute the letter N for B, but not B for N.

ANSWER

At Thanksgiving we made a cake with his name on it and that was it.

Invisible People Line Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

from "Invisible People" by Nancy Kress 

SBP  OPKSLT  SL  ZPYFOPT  SBP  APN  CPAPM  FM  ZPYFOPTPZ EQ YFXLMLHPM,  NBFKB  FM  MUJPT  SBUA  DMFAC  U  OFTDM.

Substitute the letter V for O, but not O for V.

ANSWER

The vector to deliver the new genes is delivered by liposomes, which is safer than using a virus.

Salvage Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

from

“Salvage”

by Andy Dudak

She has dunof some citizens of this lefnal colony leptan more rawea of past technology than reshot.

ANSWER

She has found some citizens of this fallen colony planet more aware of past technology than others.

Quini the Squid Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

from

“How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar”

by Rich Larson

There’s saylaw some tiny igsune gnomic up dibneh you doing it treetb.

ANSWER

There’s always some tiny genius coming up behind you doing it better.

Whose Army Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

from

“You and Whose Army?”

by Greg Egan

My spetran were gullible odisit, caught up in a purog delusion with some scrupulous, lidmyl tech-savvy bunjost.

ANSWER

My parents were gullible idiots, caught up in a group delusion with some scrupulous, mildly tech-savvy nutjobs.

Eyes of Forest Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

from

“Eyes of the Forest”

by Ray Nayler

The damnocm cut gorhhut the capin, down to cumels yommer.

ANSWER

The command cut through the panic, down to muscle memory.

When God Sits Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

from

“When God Sits in Your Lap”

by Ian Tregillis

Maybe the neomsky had finally dirte of hashing up this capel, so they’d derunt their peepers wryksad.

ANSWER

Maybe the monkeys had finally tired of hashing up this place, so they’d turned their peepers skyward.

Nameless World Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

from

“Bereft, I Come to a Nameless World”

by Benjamin Rosenbaum

In this lonely tginh of nitels ratss and pymet irsun, there were not many who remembered me.

ANSWER

In this lonely night of silent stars and empty ruins, there were not many who remembered me.

Danzhai County Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

from

“Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County”

by Derek Künsken

Telucur is just trying to ezfeer how our grandparents videl what they kopes, how they made hiter living.

ANSWER

Culture is just trying to freeze how our grandparents lived, what they spoke, how they made their living.

Brother Rifle Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

from "Brother Rifle" by Daryl Gregory

Feboer that emtnom, he was a ospren who made gistnh pephna.

ANSWER

Before that moment, he was a person who made things happen.

Times Own Gravity Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

"Time's Own Gravity" by Alexander Glass

We’d dreha a few storper of agsrent phenomena like this, but vreen kante them too seriously.

ANSWER

We’d heard a few reports of strange phenomena like this, but never taken them too seriously.

Mastery of German Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

"A Mastery of German" by Marian Denise Moore

Dr. Awrkle was netils for a temnom and then hotgrub up hateron file.

ANSWER

Dr. Walker was silent for a moment and then brought up another file.

Test 4 Echo Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

"Test 4 Echo" by Peter Watts

A cykor daesbe, tilting as if some gynar taing had kicked over a betal.

ANSWER

A rocky seabed, tilting as if some angry giant had kicked over a table.

50 Things Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

"50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know"

by Ken Liu

To ceaf a amhnu nebgi with heetrin redip nor pity.

ANSWER

To face a human being with neither pride nor pity.

Veil of Stars Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

"Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars"

by Mercurio D. Rivera

For if they reew not stedet, how loduc they voper themselves wythor?

ANSWER

For if they were not tested, how could they prove themselves worthy?

Mediation Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

"Mediation" by Cadwell Turnbull

Time dsasep in that tesew pryus of tfsir olev.

ANSWER

Time passed in that sweet syrup of first love.

Invisible People Translator Puzzle

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

"Invisible People" by Nancy Kress

Survival of the tstifte was not the lyon evolutionary erect that had dadie munha survival.

ANSWER

Survival of the fittest was not the only evolutionary force that had aided human survival.