VIRTUALLY YOURS by Nina Muteanu

The United Sates has passed new bills that allows for increased domestic spying using wire taps and other high-tech gadgetry all in the name of safety and anti-terrorism (see Slate). In my opinion this will lead to further abuses of power by our already power hungry and corrupt government.

This abuse of power is demonstrated by Vincent, an Overseer who uses his position’s ability to organize and task employees to his advantage. Using his V-set and the network, he able to feel and experience exactly what a Carrier does. A Carrier is implanted with part of the V-net.

Vincent uses his position to arrange a meeting between an email flame, Katharine and a hunk of man who happens to be a Carrier. Vincent then uses the V-net to record and experience the intimacy between Katharine and the Carrier. This type of spying seems like the next scary step in an unfortunate evolution of personal space invasion.

Muntearu’s story is less about my crazy X-Files paranoia, then it is about a virtual Ménage à trois or a strange kind of future voyeurism and how we may find love in very strange places. This quick read is well worth it.

You can read “Virtually Yours” HERE.

Munteanu, Nina. “Virtually Yours.” Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine vol. 3