Machines Like Me
Books | Fiction / Literary
3.7
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Ian McEwan
New from Ian McEwan, Booker Prize winner and international bestselling author of Atonement and The Children Act Machines Like Me takes place in an alternative 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first synthetic humans and—with Miranda's help—he designs Adam's personality. The near-perfect human that emerges is beautiful, strong, and clever. It isn't long before a love triangle soon forms, and these three beings confront a profound moral dilemma. In his subversive new novel, Ian McEwan asks whether a machine can understand the human heart—or whether we are the ones who lack understanding.
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Author
Ian McEwan
Pages
352
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2019-04-23
ISBN
0385545126 9780385545129
Ratings
Google: 4
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"Human man buys a humanoid man … mayhem ensues. A good entry if you like AI stories"
Diane Morello
"Normally I'm not a huge fan of alternative histories, but PKD and The Difference Engine (Gibson/Sterling) dent that dogmatism a bit ;> This was a fun, brisk read of more a social, interaction, anthropomorphism read than science, but enjoyable and more than a few moments of pause and thought on what it means to be human, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. ;>"
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Ken Nickerson
"Seemed to have the potential to be a pretty good read but, there was just too much nonsense. Not really a fan"
Aubrey Rill
"Futuristic, sci-fi. Human, domestic drama"
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