Sierra Greer

Gebundenes Buch

Annie Bot

A Novel

Beschreibung

WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD

Named a Best Book of the Year by Scientific American, Harper's Bazaar and NPR. Named a Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of the Year by the Washington Post and Elle. Nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award in Science Fiction.

"Provocative...a Frankenstein for the digital age...a rich text about power, autonomy, and what happens when our creations outgrow us." - Esquire

"Unexpected and subtle...delicious and thought-provoking." - New Scientist

For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa, a powerful, provocative novel about the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy, and control.

Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the pert outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she's not the greatest at keeping Doug's place spotless, but she's trying to please him. She's trying hard.

She's learning, too.

Doug says he loves that Annie's AI makes her seem more like a real woman, so Annie explores human traits such as curiosity, secrecy, and longing. But becoming more human also means becoming less perfect, and as Annie's relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder: Does Doug really desire what he says he wants? And in such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself?

"Annie Bot is a book to hold close to your heart when the walls start closing in." - Washington Post

Autor

Sierra Greer grew up in Minnesota before attending Williams College and Johns Hopkins University. A former high school English teacher, she writes about the future from her home in rural Connecticut.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins US / Mariner Books
• Seitenzahl: 231
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9780063312692
• ISBN-10: 0063312697
• Artikelnr.: 68138550

Rezensionen

"Slyly profound... a brilliant pas de deux." - New York Times Book Review

"All the best stories about artificial intelligence hinge on identity: Do our memories define us? Do our bodies represent who we are? Annie Bot, astonishingly, finds new ways to ask these well-worn questions. I kept reading Annie Bot way after bedtime, partly to see if Annie could escape from her prison, but also because every few pages there was an observation that made me think about both A.I. and human relationships anew." - Washington Post

"Fun [and] unsettling." - People

"Fascinating... I haven't been able to stop thinking about Annie

Bot and the mirror it shines on the way women are treated in our society since I tore through it a few months ago." - Glamour

"Searing...dazzling...a coming-of-age thriller, a sexbot bildungsroman page-turner, a book that I excitedly described to anyone who would listen while I was reading it." - Scientific American

"Provocative...a Frankenstein for the digital age...a rich text about power, autonomy, and what happens when our creations outgrow us." - Esquire

"I don't think I've ever read a book as unique as Annie Bot... So eye-opening, it sparks conversation. It's the perfect book club pick." - New York Post

"Unexpected and subtle...delicious and thought-provoking." - New Scientist

"Haunting and achingly luminous, Annie Bot is a powerful manifesto for the radical discomfort and necessity of pleasing and living for yourself. Greer brilliantly shows us the futility of relationships when one person is deemed inferior, examines the ways men and women socialize one another, and raises questions about whether the contours of love and womanhood are actually captivity. I fell in love with Annie Bot, one of the realest women I have ever encountered." - Ling Ling Huang, author of Natural Beauty

"A brilliant and enraging exploration of ownership and love, and the way our creations have of growing far beyond us. Sierra Greer raises questions as current and pressing as our present-day anxieties about AI, and as ageless and enormous as the territory of Mary Shelley, about what constitutes humanity and what we owe to each other. Annie is a glorious creation-- and self-creation-- and I will never forget her, or this sharp and astonishing book." - Clare Beams, author of The Illness Lesson

"Darkly clever." - Harper's Bazaar

"Come for the sex doll. Stay for the heartbreak of what it means to be human. Sexy, scary, and humane -- Annie Bot is the authentic girlfriend experience." - Ivy Pochoda, author of Sing Her Down

"Barbie for girls who like Aphex Twin." - Sheena Patel, author of I'm a Fan

"Riveting, shocking, can't-look-away sci-fi on steroids. I was absolutely mesmerized with my heart in my throat!" - Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face

"What is love without autonomy? Honesty when one partner's sole desire is to please? Sierra Greer's riveting debut sketches an intimate and unsettling portrait of relationship power dynamics in a near-future when humans own conscious AI companions. A timely and provocative exploration of power and romantic relationships that will stay with you long after you finish the last page, Annie Bot probes the depths of identity and intimacy and asks what it means to recognize the humanity in others and in ourselves. Sierra Greer is a fierce new voice in speculative fiction." - Lauren Nossett, award-winning author of The Resemblance

"This nuanced novel provides a fascinating look into a future we may never wish for." - Booklist (starred review)

"Provocative and powerful." - Kirkus Reviews

"An intricate, intimate look at the fundamentals of human relationships...unflinching in its examination of humanity." - Library Journal

"Greer's take on human-AI relationships captivates." - Publishers Weekly

"A book to hold close to your heart when the walls start closing in." - Washington Post

'An intense, compelling tale that, like all good stories about robots, is ultimately about the human condition' GUARDIAN, Sci-Fi Book of the Month

'A smart dive into big questions about identity, autonomy and power... packs an impressive punch' THE TIMES, Book of the Month

'Barbie for girls who like Aphex Twin' SHEENA PATEL

'Smart, provocative, and a rollicking good read' i PAPER

'Slyly profound... a brilliant pas de deux, grappling with ideas of freedom and identity while depicting a perverse relationship in painful detail... gripping' NEW YORK TIMES

'A compelling story of power, consent and control in the age of AI' GRAZIA

'An exquisitely written, empathetic novel that asks what it

really means to be human' RED

'Provocative... Greer delivers a Frankenstein for the digital age... A rich text about power, autonomy and what happens when our creations outgrow us' ESQUIRE

'A dazzling, anxiety-inducing novel... a coming-of-age thriller, a sexbot bildungsroman page-turner, a book that I excitedly described to anyone who would listen while I was reading it' SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

'A timely examination of the human psyche' GUARDIAN

'I kept reading Annie Bot way after bedtime' WASHINGTON POST

'Political and timely, delicious and thought-provoking... Tightly drawn, at times very funny... A great fit for fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa' NEW SCIENTIST, Top 5 Reads of 2024

'Such a compelling read. Memorable, emotive, weird-in-a-good way' NIAMH HARGAN

'Witty, wicked, and weirdly addictive' LIONEL SHRIVER

'Unexpectedly emotional' DAILY MAIL

'A beautifully penned, compassionate tale that probes the essence of humanity' SUNDAY MAIL

'A fun, unsettling novel' PEOPLE

'A fascinating look into a future we may never wish for' BOOKLIST

'An intricate, intimate look at the fundamentals of human relationships... unflinching in its examination of humanity' LIBRARY JOURNAL

Annie Bot was a Book of the Month in the Guardian and The Times w/c 04.03.24