Machines Like Me
And People Like You
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2019]
Format: Large Print
Edition: First large print edition.
Description: 380 pages (large print) ; 24 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.
Subjects:
Androids -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Artificial intelligence -- Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
Large type books.
London (England) -- Fiction.
Androids -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Artificial intelligence -- Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
Large type books.
London (England) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780593152812
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LPF McEwan | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Fiction | In |
LPF McEwan | Northeast Indoors | Large Print Fiction | In |
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"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, ... London, in 2019"--Title page verso.