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The Great Time Machine HoaxNovel
Keith Laumerstandalone novel1963
Humor, about virtual reality.
Service ModelSeries
series3 books2024
Post-apocalyptic and satire, about robots and identity.
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The Android's DreamSeries
series2 books2006
Space opera and humor, about genetic engineering and political intrigue.
“John Scalzi's The Android's Dream follows ex-soldier Harry Creek as the hunt for a replacement leads him to Robin Baker, an ordinary woman carrying hidden sheep DNA that makes her the key to avoiding a war.”
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CodgerspaceNovel
Alan Dean Fosterstandalone novel1992
Humor, about robots, set in space and galactic scale.
“The toasters were revolting... ... as were the lawn mowers, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, and just about every other household appliance imaginable.”
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Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series
series3 books1966
completed
Dystopia, tense in tone.
“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
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Klara and the SunNovel
Kazuo Ishigurostandalone novel2021
Dystopia and literary & general, reflective in tone, about loneliness.