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vN: The First Machine Dynasty
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LENGTH10 hrs and 29 mins
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RELEASE DATE31/07/2012
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AUDIO FORMATS
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
For the past five years, she has been grown slowly as part of a mixed organic/synthetic family. She knows very little about her android mother's past, so when her grandmother arrives and attacks them, young Amy wastes no time: she eats her alive.
Now she's on the run, carrying her malfunctioning granny as a partition on her memory drive. She's growing quickly, and learning too. Like the fact that in her, and her alone, the failsafe that stops all robots from harming humans has stopped working... Which means that everyone wants a piece of her, some to use her as a weapon, others to destroy her.
©2012 Madeline Ashby (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
What the Critics Say
"Ashby's debut is a fantastic adventure story that carries a sly philosophical payload about power and privilege, gender and race. It is often profound, and it is never boring." (Cory Doctorow)
"vN might just be the most piercing interrogation of humanoid AI since Asimov kicked it all off with the Three Laws." (Peter Watts)
What Members Say
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"Entertaining, but could've been more."
Vaguely reminded me of Stephen Fine's "Molly Dear: The Autobiography of an Android" in the beginning, but gets better and to be its own thing along the way.
Was entertaining enough for a story that, with a mild degree of tongue in cheek, could be described as "a 'quiverfull' guy and a bleeding heart girl battle a strong, separatist woman."
Liked the voice talent.0 of 0 people found this review helpful