Author: MCEWAN, IAN
Title: Machines Like Me
Description: Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Pp: 304. 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.nnMachines 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. ISBN: 9781787331679. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: Machines Like Me
Description: Jonathan Cape. Paperback. Pp: 304. 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.nnMachines 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. ISBN: 9781787331679. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781787331679
Price: EUR 12.50 = appr. US$ 13.59 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1938631
- Book number: 1938631
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