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Machines Like Me

Ian McEwan

  • 333 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2019
  • 11 editions
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1 About this book

Machines Like Me is the 15th novel by the English author Ian McEwan. The novel published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape.

The novel is set in the 1980s in an alternative history timeline in which the UK lost the Falklands War, Alan Turing is still alive, and the Internet, social media, and self-driving cars already exist. The story revolves around an android named Adam and its/his relationship with its/his owners, Charlie and Miranda, which involves the formation of a love triangle.

Good for readers who want: historical fiction and artificial intelligence.

  • Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Historical fiction
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Alternative history
  • Relationships
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
  • Androids
  • Love triangle

2 About Ian McEwan

Born 1948

Ian Russell McEwan (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him at number 35 on its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945", and The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 out of "the 100 most powerful people in British culture". McEwan began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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