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Terra, 2144. Judith 'Jack' Chen è una vera e propria scienziata-pirata: la sua base operativa è un sottomarino, la sua missione piratare costosi farmaci e produrne delle alternative a basso costo, accessibili a tutti. Una sorta di Robin Hood in un mondo dominato dalle case farmaceutiche. Eppure, qualcosa è andato storto con la sua ultima partita di Zacuity: coloro che ne hanno fatto uso, sono andati incontro a effetti collaterali imprevisti, ridotti a veri e propri automi costretti ad azioni meccaniche e ripetitive che conducono la mente alla follia. Jack sa che se il farmaco da lei messo a punto si diffondesse, l'umanità intera ne sarebbe minacciata. Sulle tracce della scienziata, una coppia alquanto improbabile al soldo delle case farmaceutiche: Eliasz, un tormentato agente sotto copertura, e il suo fedele partner Paladin, un robot. Sarà nella frenetica ricerca di informazioni sul misterioso e potente farmaco di Jack che Eliasz e Paladin riusciranno a stabilire un legame inaspettato, oltre i confini tracciati dalle loro nature così diverse. Un'avventura visionaria, intensa, che esplora i temi della libertà e del libero arbitrio in una società frenetica e frammentata, in cui la differenza tra umanità e intelligenza artificiale è ormai sempre più labile.
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- Pagine: 263
- Data di uscita: 26-10-2017
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Jack has a history of aligning herself with rebel causes. She is pirate in the sense that she reverse engineers drugs and distributes them to the public for reasonable prices. When a stimulant begins to manifest deadly addiction, Jack sets out to try and bring down the manufacturer responsible for o Leggi tutto
I loved this. It did for AI and Patents and Biotech what Neuromancer and Snowcrash did for the Internet. The stuff I loved the most is all spoiler-y, so I'll just say that there are two competing narrative characters, who are at clear odds with each other, and each is the villain in the other's stor Leggi tutto
Man: Hey Blue Bot, you’re looking good. Blue Bot notices Man’s erection. Blue Bot: Did you want to have sex? Man: No! I’m not gay! Blue Bot researches humans on the internet. Blue Bot replaces its blue carapace with a pink one. Man: You’re pink?!?! Why are you pink? Pink Bot: I decided this was me. Do you Leggi tutto
This is a book that you are either going to love or just not get. Newitz has painted a pretty grim picture of the future, similar to that portrayed in Company Town by Madeline Ashby and in After Atlas by Emma Newman . What all three of these books have in common is a future where people are basically Leggi tutto
3.5ish stars. An interesting, well-written, near-ish-future SF novel with some compelling ideas. It reminds me a little bit of Malka Older's idea heavy Infomocracy , although I liked Older's book a little bit more. I didn't find this extremely engaging and never felt strongly pressed to continue readi Leggi tutto
Pirates and bounty hunters on the high chemical and electronic frontier! Add a bit of transgendered robot issues, a bit of do-gooder pharmaceutical mayhem, and time split between labs, parties, sexual repression, and a few really big questions explored deftly and interestingly, and we've got ourselv Leggi tutto
DNF @ 38% This is marketed as a robin hood esque tale, featuring Jack sneaking pharmaceuticals to the poor and dodging the authorities. Two of those said authorities are Paladin and Elias, a military robot with a human processor and their handler, who chase Jack and develop feelings for each other. W Leggi tutto
As a trans reader, I am really angry and upset with this book due to its homophobia and transphobia. *This book was received through NetGalley for free in exchange for an honest review* Autonomous was one of my most anticipated reads of Autumn 2017 and I was ecstatic when I received a copy on NetGall Leggi tutto
Autonomous is the excellent debut novel from lauded science journalist Annalee Newitz. Set in the year 2144, Jack makes her living pirating pharmaceuticals to help people who can’t afford life-saving medication. To pay the bills, she also pirates drugs like Zacuity, a kind of legal speed that is sup Leggi tutto
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