Book 4 of 4 of The Murderbot Diaries tells of the humanization of Murderbot, a weaponized cyborg that became self-aware, one stop forward by making him… care about Dr. Mensah, who is in grave danger. But is Dr. Mensah his owner or friend?
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While this book could be a standalone, I would highly recommend reading the first two. This novella would make a lot more sense, and would be much more enjoyable instead of reading it as a standalone book.
The technological aspects that the author writers about are very creative, and one can see that she put in a lot of thought into them
Even though this book is short, the world building is fantastic. The vision of a future that is run by corporations, with little if any input from governments, is eerie and scary.
This book is very unique, I enjoyed the dark humor, even though it took the book a bit to get going the story flowed smoothly
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata is a novel spanning generations about a science fiction writer and her lost manuscript
In his famous dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 published way back in 1953Ray Bradbury predicted high-tech that turned out to be true a few decades later.
The Outcasts of Time by Ian Mortimer is a fantasy novel following two brothers, born in the mid-1300s, who jump forward 99 years for every day that passes.
7) He predicted home computers, e-mail, Skype and smart watches (even though we’re still waiting for the space elevator and humans on Mars by 1994).
Eden Phillpotts (4 November, 1862 – 29 December, 1960) was an English author and poet. By J.C. Dingham – The Critic: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924066366497;view=1up;seq=319;size=200, Public Domain, Link Books by Eden Phillpotts* 1) Mr. Phillpotts was born in India. 2) He wrote 18 novels and 2 books of short stories about Dartmoor, an area of moorland in England. 3) For many years Mr. Phillpotts was the President of the Dartmoor Preservation Association. 4) Agatha Christie was a friend of Mr. Phillpotts and an admirer of his work. 5) Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges was also an admirer. 6) Widecombe Fair, a novel by Mr. Phillpotts, inspired an annual fair at the village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor. 7) Widecombe Fair was also adapted to a silent movie in 1927 by a young Alfred Hitchcock. 8) Towards the end of his life, and a long writing career, Mr. Phillpotts started to write science-fiction and fantasy books. 9) Mr. Phillpotts wrote several plays and was a trained actor. 10) Two of the plays he wrote with his daughter Adelaide Phillpotts. Books by Eden Phillpotts* Zohar – Man of la Book *Amazon links point to an affiliate account