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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.
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Machines Like Me, Ian McEwan
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- Released
- 2019
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- Title
- Machines Like Me
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ian McEwan
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1787331679
- ISBN13
- 9781787331679
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Science Fantasy, Gifts for men, Literary Fiction, Great Britain, English Literature, Dystopia, London, Lies, Alternate History, Artificial Intelligence, Morality, Robots, 1980s, Androids, Brexit, Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, Alan Turing, 1912–1954
- First published
- 2019
- Original title
- Machines Like Me
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- 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.