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Updated May 23, 2024
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Annie bot : a novel
Greer, Sierra
Paper Book
"Provocative...a Frankenstein for the digital age...a rich text about power, autonomy, and what happens when our creations outgrow us." -- Esquire "Unexpected and subtle...delicious and thought-provoking." -- New Scientist For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark...
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Artificial intelligence
Mueller, John
Paper Book
Step into the future with AI The term "Artificial Intelligence" has been around since the 1950s, but a lot has changed since then. Today, AI is referenced in the news, books, movies, and TV shows, and the exact definition is often misinterpreted. Artificial Intelligence For...
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A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: A Novel
Green, Hank
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Who has the right to change the world forever? How will we live online? How do we find comfort in an increasingly isolated world? The Carls disappeared the same way they...
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Burn-in : a novel of the real robotic revolution
Singer, P. W.
Paper Book
An FBI agent hunts a new kind of terrorist through a Washington, DC, of the future in this groundbreaking book - at once a gripping technothriller and a fact-based tour of tomorrow America is on the brink of a revolution, one both technological and political. The science...
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Descender. Book one, Tin stars
Lemire, Jeff
Paper Book
Newsweek's Best Comic Books of 2018 2018, 2017, 2016 YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2015 NPR's Best Books of the Year "Your new sci-fi obsession is here, and its name is Descender." -Entertainment Weekly ...
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Generation robot : a century of science fiction, fact, and speculation
Favro, Terri
Paper Book
For fans of Mary Roach, a sweetly nostalgic and enlightening exploration of futures past, present, and still to come. Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculation--from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot...
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In the lives of puppets
Klune, TJ
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER! New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. Most Anticipated...
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Klara and the sun : a novel
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is "an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a...
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A prayer for the Crown-Shy
Chambers, Becky
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller! "Tender and healing... I'm prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning, kind, necessary." --Sarah Gailey on book 1: A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness...
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Robopocalypse : a novel
Wilson, Daniel H.
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They are in your house. They are in your car. They are in the skies...Now they're coming for you. In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. Taking on the persona of a shy human...
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The robots of dawn
Asimov, Isaac
Paper Book
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work...
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Set my heart to five : a novel
Stephenson, Simon
Paper Book
"Science fiction satire in the Vonnegut mold."--Cory Doctorow *SET TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY EDGAR WRIGHT (SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD)* 'A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human.'--Simon Pegg 'One of the most unique...
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Synapse
James, Steven
Paper Book
Thirty years in the future, when AI is so advanced that humans live side by side with cognizant humanoid robots called Artificials, Kestrel Hathaway must come to terms not just with what machinesknow,but with what theybelieve. Soon after experiencing a personal tragedy,...
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