Autonomous

Over het boek

Autonomous is a 2017 science fiction novel by Annalee Newitz. It is Newitz's debut novel and was published by Tor Books on September 19, 2017. Set in a near future Earth, the book describes a world where both humans and intelligent robots can be owned as property. The events of the novel follow Jack, a "drug pirate" who manufactures illegal versions of patented drugs, and Paladin, a combat robot who is owned by the law enforcement agency searching for Jack after one of the drugs she reverse-engineered turns out to have dangerous side effects.

Waar de score vandaan komt

De bronnen komen gemiddeld uit op 7,3 over 234 beoordelingen — nog niet veel, dus de stem van de lezers weegt voor 56% mee en de rest trekt richting het Ranglijsten-gemiddelde van 7,8. Zo komt 7,5 tot stand.

Stemmen van lezers

De populairste recensies op Hardcover (met naamsvermelding van de auteurs).

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  “I have to say that ultimately I was disappointed with this one. I'd heard a lot of good things about it, but it didn't quite pan out that way for me. It started promisingly, with an intriguing world set up, but for me at least, it just ran out of steam in the second half. The background to the novel is right up my street, all plucky anarchists versus big corporate power, and I found the pharma stuff and background about biodegrable organic tech really cool. In the end though, the characters are nothing like as interesting as the set up warrants - I enjoyed the first half of the book a lot more…”

  ★ 2/538_simulated op Hardcover

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