Saturn's Children
by: Charles Stross
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Sometime in the twenty-third century, humanity went extinct—leaving only androids behind. Freya Nakamichi 47 is a femmebot, one of the last of her kind still functioning. With no humans left to pay for the pleasures she provides, she agrees to transport a mysterious package from Mercury to Mars. Unfortunately for Freya, she has just made herself a moving target for some very powerful, very determined humanoids who will stop at nothing to possess the contents of the package.
Sometime in the twenty-third century, humanity went extinct—leaving only androids behind. Freya Nakamichi 47 is a femmebot, one of the last of her kind still functioning. With no humans left to pay for the pleasures she provides, she agrees to transport a mysterious package from Mercury to Mars. Unfortunately for Freya, she has just made herself a moving target for some very powerful, very determined humanoids who will stop at nothing to possess the contents of the package.
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- an interesting concept
i must admit it has elements of a good cyberpunk novel but with an interesting twist of events. Easily read, well written, funny at times and all around a good book. An interesting and fun concept, a robot-companion that has overlived her makers...
A good novel
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- Cheaper for hardcover
What's up with this?I just bought this for my Kindle 2 for $14.82 and it is being offered for $14.30 hardcover.Kind of a ripoff.I do like the book, though, so far.
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- Good, classic science fiction
He starts out by quoting Isaac Asimov's 3 laws of robotics to set a theme and goes on to successfully channel Robert Heinlein's Friday. If you recognize my references and liked those books, you will really enjoy reading this one.
Rating: - Friday's child
As many others have noted, this is a Heinlein take-off. I think the master would approve. It is strongly based on Heinlein's Friday. If you doubt it, look for the hotel reservation for F. Baldwin (Freya almost says either Freya or Friday Baldwin). Baldwin was Friday's boss and of course Friday comes from Freya. Friday, as an "artificial person" was regarded as less than human. Freya, derived from a robot now considered out of date is discriminated against because of her size. (She's tall, the "new ... Read More
Rating: - Great start but loses steam
This book starts great but it over complicates itself towards the end. Also at the start its not clear that the book is entirely about androids - humans have either died out or left the galaxy - its never explained. It took me a bit to understand that every character in the book was a robot of some kind. The story is about Freya, a sex android who is one of many sibs or copies from a master template. Freya takes a job as a courier and finds herself embroiled in espionage and a plot to create a new ... Read More
- an interesting concepti must admit it has elements of a good cyberpunk novel but with an interesting twist of events. Easily read, well written, funny at times and all around a good book. An interesting and fun concept, a robot-companion that has overlived her makers...
A good novel
- Cheaper for hardcoverWhat's up with this?I just bought this for my Kindle 2 for $14.82 and it is being offered for $14.30 hardcover.Kind of a ripoff.I do like the book, though, so far.
- Good, classic science fictionHe starts out by quoting Isaac Asimov's 3 laws of robotics to set a theme and goes on to successfully channel Robert Heinlein's Friday. If you recognize my references and liked those books, you will really enjoy reading this one.
- Friday's childAs many others have noted, this is a Heinlein take-off. I think the master would approve. It is strongly based on Heinlein's Friday. If you doubt it, look for the hotel reservation for F. Baldwin (Freya almost says either Freya or Friday Baldwin). Baldwin was Friday's boss and of course Friday comes from Freya. Friday, as an "artificial person" was regarded as less than human. Freya, derived from a robot now considered out of date is discriminated against because of her size. (She's tall, the "new ... Read More
- Great start but loses steamThis book starts great but it over complicates itself towards the end. Also at the start its not clear that the book is entirely about androids - humans have either died out or left the galaxy - its never explained. It took me a bit to understand that every character in the book was a robot of some kind. The story is about Freya, a sex android who is one of many sibs or copies from a master template. Freya takes a job as a courier and finds herself embroiled in espionage and a plot to create a new ... Read More
