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Bezig met laden... Willful Machinesdoor Tim Floreen
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Not bad. One for the LGBT genre at work. Lee Fisher is the son of the United States President and goes to an exclusive boarding school called Inverness Prep. It is the not too distant future where robots do cleaning and other menial jobs and instead of phones, people have "pucks" that hover above their heads and act like tablets, projectors and phones all in one. In this world, Lee's mother was involved in helping create Charlotte; one of the first self aware robots. Unfortunately, Charlotte went berserk and killed Lee's mother and ever since, Lee's dad has waged a war on robots and anything that isn't a truly Human Value - such as homosexuality - thus becoming president. This is awful for Lee as he is gay but can't tell his father. Into Lee's life comes a new kid to the school Nico who seems to fall for Lee's nerdish charm. But is Nico what he seems, and when the robots that Lee himself built start turning on him and attacking him - who is out to kill him? I guessed part of the book at the beginning. ( I read too many Sci Fi books!) SPOILER ALERT - Nico is a conscious robot called a B2. But I did not guess who the real bad guy was until about three quarters of the way through. There are lots of Hamlet and Shakespeare references in here as well as awesome cool robots. Its also a nice love story with twists and turns. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In a near-future America, a sentient computer program named Charlotte has turned terrorist, but Lee Fisher, the closeted son of an ultraconservative President, is more concerned with keeping his Secret Service detail from finding out about his developing romance with Nico, the new guy at school, but when the spider-like robots that roam the school halls begin acting even stranger than usual, Lee realizes he is Charlotte's next target. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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This had a very distinct middle-grade feel to its writing.
I remember being really exasperated and lots of why in heaven, WHY???.
Some parts were good. But largely it was quite disappointing.
The ending left me dissatisfied, as I recall. Too many loose ends.
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