The Complete Roderick (SF Masterworks, #45)
Roderick is a robot who learns. He begins life looking like a toy tank, thinking like a child, and knowing nothing whatsoever of human ways. But as he will discover, growing up and becoming fully human is no easy task.
Roderick is a robot who learns. He begins life looking like a toy tank, thinking like a child, and knowing nothing whatsoever of human ways. But as he will discover, growing up and becoming fully human is no easy task.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781857983401 (1857983408)
Publish date: October 11th 2001
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 624
Edition language: English
Series: Roderick (#1)
- Hello Roderick.- HELLO MANNY.- Tell me who you are, Roderick.- I AM A ROBOT. I AM THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A NOVEL BY JOHN SLADEK.- Okay, Roderick, and what is the novel about?- IT IS ABOUT ME.- That's true, Roderick, but what else is it about?- IT IS ABOUT HOW MACHINES ARE LIKE PEOPLE AND HOW PEOPLE...