- American Science fiction, computers, consciousness
A stunning first novel that grapples with the definition of consciousness and what it is to be human. The novel is primarily a series of conversations between a computer programmer / psychologist and his invention, H.A.R.L.I.E., a self-programming computer that has total access to information and knowledge through something similar to the Internet.
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Contemplative, earnest, intimate and grave.
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- David Gerrold
- First published
- 1972
- Pages
- 279
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Ballantine, Ballantine Books
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553264654
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David Gerrold is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist, known for his script for the popular original Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles", for creating the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and for his novelette "The Martian Child", which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack. - Wikipedia
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