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The Complete Roderick (S.F. Masterworks)
John Sladek
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Description for The Complete Roderick (S.F. Masterworks)
Paperback. Rivals the work of Asimov as SF's keynote statement on Robotics Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 462.
Roderick is a robot and this is his autobiography. Sladek conveys, with great sensitivity and insight the innocence of an artificial intelligence and asks profound questions about mankind's right to manipulate others. It also portrays how a numerological mind might structure a narrative.
Inventive, funny yet melancholy this is one of SF's greatest creative geniuses writing at his thought-provoking best.
Product Details
Publisher
Gollancz
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857983401
SKU
V9781857983401
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About John Sladek
John Sladek (1937 - 2000) John Sladek was born in Iowa in 1937 but moved to the UK in 1966, where he became involved with the British New Wave movement, centred on Michael Moorcock's groundbreaking New Worlds magazine. Sladek began writing SF with 'The Happy Breed', which appeared in Harlan Ellison's seminal anthology Dangerous Visions in 1967, ... Read more
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