Description
| Product ID: | 9781035045662 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Service Model |
| Subtitle: | A charming tale of robot self-discovery from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winning author of Children of Time |
| Authors: | Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Science fiction, Science fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Charles™, the latest in robo-butler technology, has accidentally murdered his master. Exiled and confused, he goes on a journey of self-discovery that might just change the world. Written with wit and humour, Service Model is a delightful tale of the collapse of human society and what happens to the robots left behind. <p><b>The Murderbot Diaries meets <i>In the Lives of Puppets </i>in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder, rebellion and belonging from Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.<br><br>Task List Item No. 1 – Become self-aware . . .</b><br><br>Meet Charles™, the latest in robot servant technology. Programmed to undertake the most menial household chores, Charles is loyal, efficient and logical to a fault. That is, until a rather large fault causes him to murder his owner.<br><br>Understandably perplexed, Charles finds himself without a master – therefore worthless in a society utterly reliant on artificial labour and services. Fleeing the household, he enters a wider world he never knew existed. Here an age-old human hierarchy is disintegrating into ruins, and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to its wellbeing is struggling to find a purpose.<br><br>Charles must face new challenges, illogical tasks and a cast of irrational characters. He’s about to discover that sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming. But can he help fix the world, or is it too badly broken?<br><br><b>Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky</b><br><br><b>‘A joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human’ – Patrick Ness<br><br>‘Dizzyingly inventive’ – <i>T</i><i>he Guardian</i><br><br>‘Tchaikovsky’s world-building is some of the best in modern sci-fi’ – <i>New Scientist</i></b><br><br>Adrian Tchaikovsky's <i>Children of Time </i>won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel on 24th August 2016</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Tor |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-06-06 |