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Adam Durant's experiences with mind transfer and his adventures on both a human space colony and a robot world test the validity of humanity's growth through artificial intelligence.
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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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- PublisherWalker & Co
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0802767486
- ISBN 13 9780802767486
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages312
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