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A robot with human essence and a scientist's family escape to a space colony, after the scientist is murdered by human fundamentalists on Earth, and create a society in which humans, robot/humans, and aliens, peacefully co-exist
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Using the background of husband Isaac's classic robot stories of the '40s and '50s, Janet Asimov considers the possibilities and problems of the title technique: imprinting human minds on robot brains to give the aging and ill a second life. Naturally, there is a backlash, the rabid conservative movement called biofundamentalism. The novel is structured around the life, death and subsequent robotic existence of Adam Durant, who is born into a dynasty torn between "bioeffers" and pioneering roboticists. In a story crowded with incident (settling another star system, terrorist bombings, hyperdrive innovations, alien encounters), the interesting question of a robotic culture that doesn't imitate its human parent is not developed. Also appealing as an idea is the outlined family chronicle with robots as relatives, but the bland characters and rushed, chaotic plot weaken its impact.
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Roboticist Jonathan Durant's discoverythat human minds can be transferred into virtually immortal robot bodiessparks a war of politics and terror as "biofundamentalists" launch an all-out campaign to halt the progress of mind-transfer experiments by any means possible. Despite a strong pedantic streak, this novel by the co-author (with husband Isaac Asimov) of the "Norby" series offers intriguing speculations about the future of robotics, engaging characters, and a strong humanist outlook. For large sf collections.
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- PublisherAce
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 044153306X
- ISBN 13 9780441533060
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages296
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