There are scientists who believe that, at some point in the future, we will have the technical ability to upload our consciousnesses into a machine. What they don’t talk about is who is going to maintain these devices. Will some people not be digitized? Will A.I. robots and constructs handle the maintenance?
In Mary G. Thompson’s new science fiction novella One Level Down (paperback, Kindle, audiobook), she not only explores this idea, but also has control of the construct leading to a rather untenable situation for one young girl…who isn’t a young girl at all.
In the following email interview, Thompson discusses where she got the idea for this story, as well as the particulars.