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thrilling and interesting
science fiction story

Answer 1

Uberby Sean Williamsauthor bio"Hop in, mate."I double-checked the app. My driver was supposedly "Edward" in a white Camry. His photo matched, but if the car had ever been white, it wasn't now. Down the passenger side trailed what looked like giant claw marks."Seriously?""Just superficial. Tom, is it?"It seemed wrong to send him packing, and besides, that would hurt my ranking.The interior of the car was little better than the exterior, smelling of molten plastic and covered in what looked suspiciously like ash."Forgive the mess, mate. Been a bad day."Edward looked oddly familiar, but I couldn't place him. He was bearded, weathered, and dressed in camo gear."Cosplay?" I ventured. Fury Road, perhaps.Edward grinned. He was missing a tooth. "I know what that is. Drove a bunch home from Comic-con last month. They were a riot."We pulled away from the curb, the screen on Edward's app guiding him through the suburban streets, heading for the city. His phone was a model I didn't recognize, with a crack right across its face."You haven't figured it out yet," Edward said, looking at me sideways as he drove."If it's not cosplay, you've had a really bad day.""A bad life, mate," he said. "But that's not what I'm talking about. Where you've seen me before."I turned to face him full on. "How...?"

Answer 2

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.