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? This provocative and thrilling tale warns against the power to invent things beyond our control"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385545112
- ISBN: 0385545118
- Physical Description: 333 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Gunn Memorial Public Library | F MCE (Text) | 34621991133169 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F MCEWAN (Text) | 39493108435282 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC McEwan (Text) | 37807000011235 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F MCEWAN (Text) | 22281500140746 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | F MCE (Text) | 31250200070683 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | F MCEWAN (Text) | 31781065308411 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F MCE (Text) | 0020512216910 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | MCE (Text) | 33258008895935 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Fletcher Branch | MCE (Text) | 33258008895943 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | FIC McEwan, Ian (Text) | 0112522486797 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
