An Appointment in Old Age

Introduction to the work "An Appointment in Old Age": In the future world, robots will emerge in large numbers, but young people will become increasingly scarce. As the years move towards their twilight years, the elderly have to face a new pension pattern. The story focuses on several elderly people with different personalities. Some of them were once career elites, and some were ordinary people, but now they are all looking for warmth and support in the dusk of life. In this seemingly cold future, they met robots and started a series of wonderful and complicated relationships. Facing the approach of death, they are fearful and calm; facing various changes in life, they are helpless and strong. Family ethics are being re-examined in this special era, and the emotional ties between children and the elderly are sometimes tight and sometimes relaxed. The elderly are wandering between memories and reality, struggling between loneliness and companionship. This book depicts the life of the elderly in the future with delicate brushstrokes, showing their joys, sorrows, hopes and despair, and deeply explores the value of human nature, family affection and life in the context of the rapid development of science and technology. Let us walk into this old age world full of challenges and warmth together, and feel the promise that spans time and space.