OCTOBER 2017 - AudioFile
In the near future, corporations own the rights to everything. Drugs. Ideas. People. Jennifer Ikeda brings this grim world of intellectual property thieves, government agents, and robots to life, highlighting the challenges each faces as he, she, or it struggles to survive. In this world, survival is a struggle no matter which side of the law you’re on. Where Ikeda truly shines is in her portrayal of the numerous robot characters—although it might seem counterintuitive that the robots have a wider range of emotions and experiences than the human characters. The uncertainty, fear, rage, despair, and, ultimately, hope that the robots experience are all perfectly voiced by Ikeda. A thrilling examination of intellectual property rights and personal identity. K.M.P. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
Newitz always sees to the heart of complex systems and breaks them down with poetic ferocity.”—N. K. Jemisin, author of the Broken Earth trilogy and The City We Became
"Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet."—Neal Stephenson
"Something genuinely and thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POV—and all in the service of vivid, solid storytelling."—William Gibson
"This book is a cyborg. Partly, it's a novel of ideas, about property, the very concept of it, and how our laws and systems about property shape class structure and society, as well as notions of identity, the self, bodies, autonomy at the most fundamental levels, all woven seamlessly into a dense mesh of impressive complexity. Don't let that fool you though. Because wrapped around that is the most badass exoskeleton—a thrilling and sexy story about pirates and their adventures. Newitz has fused these two layers together at the micro- and macro-levels with insight and wit and verbal flair. Moves fast, with frightening intelligence." —Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
"Annalee Newitz has conjured the rarest, most exciting thing: a future that's truly new ... a terrific novel and a tremendous vision." —Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
"Holy hell. Autonomous is remarkable." —Lauren Beukes, bestselling author of Broken Monsters
"Everything you'd hope for from the co-founder of io9 ... Combines the gonzo, corporatized future of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash with the weird sex of Charlie Stross's Saturn's Children; throws in an action hero that's a biohacker version of Bruce Sterling's Leggy Starlitz, and then saturates it with decades of deep involvement with free software hackers, pop culture, and the leading edge of human sexuality." —Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author of Walkaway.
More praise for Scatter, Adapt, and Remember:
"Fascinating.... [Newitz is] an excellent writer, with an effortless style.... The inner science geek in all of us will uncover some really cool stuff.... A terrific book that covers an astounding amount of ground in a manageable 300 pages... You will be smarter for it."
—San Francisco Chronicle
"An enormous amount of knowledge is gathered here, and the book accomplishes something almost impossible, being extremely interesting on every single page. A real pleasure to read and think about." —Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars trilogy
"A refreshingly optimistic and well thought out dissection of that perennial worry: the coming apocalypse. While everyone else stridently shouts about the end of days, this book asks and answers a simple question: ‘If it’s so bad, then why are we still alive?’... Newitz inspires us with engaging arguments that our race will keep reaching the end of the world and then keep living through it. Scatter, Adapt, and Remember intimately acquaints the reader with our two-hundred-thousand-year tradition of survival—nothing less than our shared heritage as human beings."—Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse and Amped
Library Journal
04/15/2017
Anti-patent scientist Jack travels the world in her submarine, bringing affordable medication to the poor, but her mission is running into trouble. One of her drugs has led to lethal overdosing, and she's being pursued by an icy-tempered military agent and his lovesick robot partner. From the founder and one-time editor in chief of the sf website io9; with a five- to seven-city tour.
OCTOBER 2017 - AudioFile
In the near future, corporations own the rights to everything. Drugs. Ideas. People. Jennifer Ikeda brings this grim world of intellectual property thieves, government agents, and robots to life, highlighting the challenges each faces as he, she, or it struggles to survive. In this world, survival is a struggle no matter which side of the law you’re on. Where Ikeda truly shines is in her portrayal of the numerous robot characters—although it might seem counterintuitive that the robots have a wider range of emotions and experiences than the human characters. The uncertainty, fear, rage, despair, and, ultimately, hope that the robots experience are all perfectly voiced by Ikeda. A thrilling examination of intellectual property rights and personal identity. K.M.P. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine
