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Machines Like Me: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons 3rd edition
Ian McEwan
Machines Like Me: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons 3rd edition
Ian McEwan
Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Machines Like Me occurs 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 batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever - a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan's subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: what makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns of the power to invent things beyond our control.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 5, 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9781529111262 |
Publishers | Random House |
Genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Pages | 320 |
Dimensions | 177 × 110 × 23 mm · 216 g |
Language | English |
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