Bibliograph

Machines like me, and people like you, Ian McEwan

Type

Label

Machines like me, and people like you, Ian McEwan

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Machines like me

Oclc number

1078542365

Responsibility statement

Ian McEwan

Sub title

and people like you

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"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator