The Turing Option
Harrison, Harry & Minsky, Marvin
Language: English
Published by Penguin / ROC
- Softcover
- Used
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 5.46
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© 1992: A stand-alone novel by Harry Harrison & Marvin Minsky. Unknown publication date, 2nd printing of 1993 edition:- Synopsis: New world, new mind. J J Beckworth, of Megalobe Industries, was unimpressed by whiz-kid Brian Delaney's new robot, Robin-I. The thing could talk - after a fashion - and catch paperclips, but so what? Seconds later Brian was left for dead in a savage attack by unknown assassins, his brain shattered. His only hope lay in Robin-I. For he had created a machine capable of rebuilding its inventor's mind from spare parts. Now Brian's amnesiac brain struggled to bring a new form of intelligence into the world - and the enemies of Megalobe hunted him down like a wounded animal. 'The Turing Option' combines the talents of the world's leading expert on Artificial Intelligence and a master SF storyteller in a fascinating near-future thriller:- Review(s): "One of the few intelligent novels about intelligent computers. A fast moving thriller with an exciting and gruesome climax" - Sunday Telegraph / "Harrison and Minsky raise the most provocative of questions. Very much leading edge" - Locus:- (original cost £4.99).…
Seller Inventory # 12.011.00326
- Title
- The Turing Option
- Author
- Harrison, Harry & Minsky, Marvin
- Publisher
- Penguin / ROC
- Condition
- Very Good: Light signs of wear
- Binding
- Paperback: 7" x 4½"
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0140129502
- ISBN 13
- 9780140129502
- Illustrator
- Cover Art: George Snow
- Edition
- 1993 Edition
- Printing
- 2nd Printing
- Item weight
- 0.29 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 7" (178mm) x 4⅜" (111mm).
- Seller catalogs
- Science Fiction
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bbs
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