| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
10 audio discs (11 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
111500 |
| Description |
digital optical 1.4 m. per second rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
| Note |
In container (17 cm.). |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Steven Crossley. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
FICTION -- Historical -- General.
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Androids -- Fiction.
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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
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Artificial intelligence -- Fiction.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
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London (England) -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Psychological.
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FICTION / Romance / Science Fiction.
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FICTION / Alternative History.
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FICTION / Science Fiction / General.
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| Genre/Form |
Love stories.
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Audiobooks.
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Alternative histories (Fiction)
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Psychological fiction.
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Thrillers (Fiction)
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| Added Author |
Crossley, Steven, narrator.
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Recorded Books, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
9781980034438 |
| ISBN |
9781980032281 |
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1980032289 |
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9781980034438 |
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1980034435 |
| Music No. |
C05589 Recorded Books |
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