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Machines like me : and people like you / Ian McEwan.
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?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385545112
- ISBN: 0385545118
- Physical Description: 333 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Subject: | Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Artificial intelligence > Fiction. Androids > Fiction. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction. London (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Science fiction. Alternative histories (Fiction) Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Ontario Community Library | MCEWAN, Ian (Text) | 33330004460194 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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