Showing results for "Robot" in Literature & Fiction

In "The Robot Who Looked Like Me," a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each other—by having look-alike robots made to do the job—who then run away together. 

Tedd ist auf einer geheimen Insel. Das Geheimnis ist nuklear. Raketensilos. Eine Mutantenarmee. Ein Countdown, der bereits begonnen hat. Mit zur Neige gehender Munition und ohne Verstärkung muss Tedd die am stärksten befestigte Basis der Erde zerstören – bevor der Manager den Knopf drückt, der alles beendet.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Ten-year-old Matt Belmont has an amazing secret: he belongs to the secret organization, EDAM - Earth Defense Against Martians. Its mission: protect Earth from the evil clutches of the SUPER NINJA ALIEN ROBOT MONSTERS - part robot, part monster, all...

Drew is a service robot. He’s as happy as a service robot can reasonably expect to be, until he discovers porn - and decides to construct the vital part he’s missing. Meanwhile, tech geek Dennis can’t work out who is letting his dog crap on his doorstep, until he stumbles on the secret to looking back in time.

Planet Hyman is at a lost as Hilda takes a sabbatical, she has found her "pleasure dome" and while she learns there is more to life than a new manifesto, H2 and DBO plot a coup. With Mex hungover, and Beryl shamed, there is little to stand in their way apart from a hippy colony too chilled to care, a reporter with no scruples, and a missing set of batteries. Will H2 and DBO take over the planet and run it the proletarian way? Or will Hilda rise from her wet dreams toss her dead batteries to the wind and take over from where Beryl left?

Tedd hat die Konzerne überlebt. Die Mafia. Das Todeslager. Der Dschungel ist anders. Etwas wächst in der Festung, die in den Bäumen versteckt ist. Etwas, das der Manager im Geheimen erschaffen hat. Etwas, das nicht aus Metall besteht, nicht verdrahtet ist und keinerlei Interesse daran hat, Gefangene zu machen.

Tedd hat Sector Zero nicht gewählt. Sector Zero hat ihn gewählt. Es ist einfach. Kämpfe gegen einen Menschen in der Arena oder stirb. Das Problem? Der Mensch ist sein Freund. Der einzige Ausweg führt über eine Leiche. Und zum ersten Mal in seiner elenden Existenz ist ihm das tatsächlich nicht egal.

Marius dos Hellespont and his apprentice, Gerd, are professional looters of battlefields. When they stumble upon the corpse of the King of Scorby and Gerd is killed, Marius is mistaken for the monarch by one of the dead soldiers and is transported down to the Kingdom of the Dead. Just like the living citizens, the dead need a king - after all, the king is God’s representative, and someone needs to remind God where they are. And so it comes to pass that Marius is banished to the surface with one message: If he wants to recover his life he must find the dead king.

The First Robot President combines science fiction with political satire, making fun of Democrats and Republicans in equal measure. The novel centers around Thomas Jenkins, a lobbyist, and his robot wife whose political ambitions land her on the Green Party's 2520 Presidential ticket.

Tyrus Murphy is a bumbling EMT from Nebraska with big dreams. When he gets a call from an unknown number informing him he’s just inherited his uncle’s island of killer robots, he has one thought: world domination. International conquest ends up being more challenging than it seems, as the young ruler faces hard partying politicians, mysterious old aristocrats, and even his own unexpected aversion to violence. Powered by optimism and greed, Tyrus falls face-first through a globe-trotting adventure that rarely goes according to plan.

Il progresso tecnologico avanza spedito, la popolazione invecchia e non gli sta dietro. Per questo Laura Annibali, una mezza genia nel campo informatico, arrivata ai cinquant’anni ha deciso di fondare la Huf, un’associazione no profit con la missione di sostenere le persone tecnologicamente inabili.

What could be better than a party with your friends in New York City? In the year 2035? The future is bright. In fact the future is already here! But this future, unfortunately, is filled with kidnappings and killings, described herein with dark humor and satire. Demon humor. Demon satire.

Daddy shows Baby Snooks his newly invented coffee pouring robot. Fanny Brice and Hanley Stafford appear as Baby Snooks and Daddy.