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Machines Like Me
By Ian McEwan
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Set in an alternative 1980s London where the first artificial humans have been developed, Machines Like Me follows a pair of lovers who acquire one of these first-generation synthetic humans. Raising existential questions about what defines humanity, this literary science fiction novel proves just how vast McEwan’s literary wheelhouse is.
From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement—”a sharply intelligent novel of ideas” (The New York Times) that asks whether a machine can understand the human heart, or whether we are the ones who lack understanding.
Set in an uncanny alternative 1982 London—where Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence—Machines Like Me powerfully portrays two lovers who will be t...
Set in an uncanny alternative 1982 London—where Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence—Machines Like Me powerfully portrays two lovers who will be t...
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Ian McEwan is the literary icon whose depth and breadth of titles literally has something for everyone. Fiction, Sci-fi, collections of stories, and even a children’s book, McEwan is unmatched by any other contemporary author. With his newest book, Lessons coming, we couldn’t help but go back through his work to appreciate the range that Ian McEwan has to offer us […]
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