Machines Like Me
And People Like You
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2019]
Format: Book
Edition: First United States edition.
Description: 333 pages ; 22 cm
"Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. 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. 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 against the power to invent things beyond our control"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780385545112 (hardback)
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F McEwan | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
F McEwan | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
F McEwan | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
F McEwan | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
F McEwan | Ballentine Indoors | Fiction | In |
F McEwan | Blythewood | Fiction | In |