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Machines Like Me
A Novel
by Ian McEwan
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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.
Machines Like Me takes place in an alternative 1980s London. 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 ofthe first synthetic.humans and - with Miranda's help — he designs Adam's personality. The near-perfect human that emerges is beautiful, strong and clever. It isn't long before a love triangle forms, and these three beings confront a profound moral dilemma.
In his subversive new novel, Ian McEwan asks whether a machine can understand the human heart — or whether we are the ones who lack understanding.
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science fiction & fantasy, fiction, historical fiction, triangles, interpersonal relations, artificial intelligence, alternative history, Falklands War, androids, love triangles, Fiction, alternative history, London (england), fiction, Fiction, psychological, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), nyt:hardcover-fiction=2019-05-12, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Robots, Fiction, Artificial intelligence, Man-woman relationships, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), History, AndroidsPeople
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Machines Like Me:: and People Like You
2019, Random House Large Print
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Machines Like Me is the 15th novel by the English author Ian McEwan. The novel published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape.
The novel is set in the 1980s in an alternative history timeline in which the UK lost the Falklands War, Alan Turing is still alive, and the Internet, social media, and self-driving cars already exist. The story revolves around an android named Adam and its/his relationship with its/his owners, Charlie and Miranda, which involves the formation of a love triangle.
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