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02741aam a2200481Ii 4500 001 39458EAE6D6911E99148E20097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190503010351 007 tb 008 190128s2019 nyu ed 000 1 eng 020 $a 0593152816 020 $a 9780593152812 035 $a (OCoLC)1083529420 040 $a TEFBT $b eng $e rda $c TEFBT $d TEFBT $d BDX $d OCLCF $d WSD $d TEFBT $d FM0 $d OI6 $d TNH $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a PR6063.C4 $b M33 2019b 082 04 $a 823/.914 $2 23 100 1 $a McEwan, Ian, $e author. 245 10 $a Machines like me : $b and people like you / $c Ian McEwan. 250 $a First large print edition. 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Random House Large Print, $c [2019] 300 $a 380 pages (large print) ; $c 24 cm 340 $n large print $2 rda 500 $a "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, ... London, in 2019"--Title page verso. 520 $a "Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong, and clever--a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan's subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: What makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns against the power to invent things beyond our control"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Androids $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Artificial intelligence $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Triangles (Interpersonal relations) $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Alternative histories (Fiction) $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 lcgft 941 $a 6 945 $a lpt 952 $l CGPC482 $d 20230418010928.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909054103.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204094447.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110080802.0 952 $l WHPE115 $d 20200108011218.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190503010401.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=39458EAE6D6911E99148E20097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search