The story states, "First a day and then a night and then a day and then a night, then it was
day-night-day-night-day. A week, a month, a year, a decade! A. D. 2055. A. D. 2019. 1999!
1957! Gone! The Machine roared."
From this, what can we infer about the setting of the story?
A) It is set on an alien planet
B) It is set in the future
C) It is set in 1999
D) Is it set in the past