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2) Westworld
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
This story of a technological paradise suddenly turned nightmare is a genuine shocker. For $1000 a day, vacationers can indulge whims at the "theme park" called Westworld where the gunhands and dance-hall girls are all robots programmed to serve the guests' violent and lustful fantasies -- until someting goes wrong with their circuitry.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Simple text and close-up photographs present the amazing advancements of today's robots. Readers will learn about the incredible developments of human-like automatons, some who perform dangerous work and others who execute finely detailed skills. This book contains important details about how these robots are designed to assist, protect, and benefit humans. Includes surprising information about companies and engineers creating today's most up-to-date...
6) Cherry 2000
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
When Sam Treadwell permanently short circuits his Cherry 2000 on a wet kitchen floor, he promptly sets out to find replacement parts to reincarnate his perfect man-made woman. Enlisting the aid of a strong-willed, red-headed female tracker, E. Johnson, the two set off for the feared "lawless zone"--the only place where Cherry 2000 parts still exist.
7) D.A.R.Y.L
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way home.
8) Life l1k3
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Eve learns she can destory machines with her mind, she becomes a target for a group of puritanical fanatics, and with her new android best friend Ezekiel, faces cyborg assassins.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
This is a story with visions of a future full of astonishing android technology. David, an advanced android, embarks on an extraordinary adventure to discover the secret of his own identity. Believing in the story of Pinocchio, David dreams of becoming a real boy.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in an alternate present-day world in which the Internet does not exist, and has never existed. Rather, a wholly different species of interactive technology--a 'flesh-and-bone robot' called the Curio--has dominated both the market and the cultural imagination since the late 1980s. Belt Magnet, who as a boy in greater Chicago became one of the lucky first adopters of a Curio, is now writing his memoir, and through it we follow a singular man out...
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
13) Genesis
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to gain entry into her utopian society's elite governing institution, Anax uncovers information that forces her to contemplate the nature of consciousness and the rights of humanity in the face of complex artificial intelligence technology.
14) Railhead
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
In a world of drones and androids Zen Starling is a human thief, but mostly he just likes to ride the Interstellar Express, the sentient trains that travel through the K gates from planet to planet, something only the Guardians understand--but now the mysterious Raven wants him to steal the Pyxis, an object that could either open up a new gate, challenging the Guardians, or put the entire gate system, and the universe itself in danger.
15) Robot & Frank
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A former cat burglar struggling with dementia receives a humanoid robot caretaker as a gift from his son.
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The stranger-than-fiction story of the creation and loss of an artificially intelligent android of science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Readers get a fascinating inside look at the scientists and technology that made this amazing android possible.
18) After Yang
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When his young daughter's beloved companion, an android named Yang, malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
19) Robot stories
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
My robot baby: A busy couple is challenged to nurture a mechanical infant before they can have the real thing.
The robot fixer: A mother is transformed while trying to connect with her comotose son.
Robot love: Android iPerson Archie questions whether romance can flower between synthetic hearts.
Clay: A sculptor in the lonely twilight of his life must weigh the ethical and spiritual risks of digital immortality.
20) System collapse
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 07
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there's an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can't have the planet, they're sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans,...
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