Roderick At Random: 2nd in the 'Roderick' series of books

Sladek, John

ISBN 10: 0586052313 / ISBN 13: 9780586052310

Published by Granada / Panther, 1983

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© 1983: 1st in the 'Roderick' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: Roderick wasn't exactly happy, but at least he was holding down a job, even if it was only as a bowl-washer at Danton's Doggie Dinette. He didn't know they were out to get him. He didn't know that in the whole wide world of lunatic game-shows, maniacal religious cults, tentacular business corporations, murderous governments, crazy consumerism and pill-popping people, there was no place for one mild-mannered robot:- Reviews: "Phenomenally inventive, bitingly satirical, a masterpiece of modern comic writing, 'Roderick At Random' is the second dazzling novel by John Sladek to feature the more-and-less-than-human robot"" / "A classic novel. It reeks simultaneously of 'Candide', 'Catch-22', 'Player Piano', 'The Wizard Of Oz" - Guardian / "Hilarious and serious" - Sunday Times / "Superb. Comparable with - at times even overtaking - early Kurt Vonnegut" - Time Out:- (original cost £1.95).

Seller Inventory # 18.003.00487

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Roderick At Random: 2nd in the 'Roderick' series of books
• Publisher: Granada / Panther
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0586052313
• ISBN 13: 9780586052310
• Binding: Paperback: 7" x 4½"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Tim White
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear
• Weight: 0.17 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Here is the continuing and uproarious saga of Roderick, a robot and "learning machine" growing up in an America in the near future. The mild-mannered robot is confronted with an ever-widening cast of madcap characters who typify the artificial values endemic in modern America.