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| 008 | 190627s20192019nyu 000 1 eng | ||
| 020 | _a9780385545112 (hardcover) | ||
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_aPR6063.C4 _bM33 2019 |
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_aFIC MCE _2 |
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_aMcEwan, Ian _d(, 1948-) |
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_aMachines like me : _band people like you _c/ Ian McEwan. |
| 250 | _aFirst United States edition. | ||
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_aNew York _b: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday _c, c2019 |
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_a333 pages _c; 22 cm |
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| 520 | _aMachines 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? | ||
| 546 | _aEnglish | ||
| 650 | 1 | 4 |
_aAlternative history _v--Fiction |
| 655 | 1 | 4 | _aLiterary fiction |
| 655 | 1 | 4 | _aPsychological fiction |
| 942 | _cMO | ||
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