Description
'Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the internet' NEAL STEPHENSON
'Something genuinely and thrillingly new' WILLIAM GIBSON
'Holy hell. Autonomous is remarkable' LAUREN BEUKES
WINNER OF THE 2018 LAMBDA AWARD FOR SFF
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEBULA AWARD 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT 2018
Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap medicines for those who can't otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane.
Hot on her trail is an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his indentured robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jack's drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understands.
And underlying it all is one fundamental question: is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?
About the Author
Annalee Newitz is an American journalist, editor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. They are the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship from MIT, and have written for Popular Science, Wired and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Annalee co-founded the science fiction website io9 and served as editor-in-chief from 2008-2015, and subsequently edited Gizmodo. As of 2016, Annalee is tech culture editor at the technology site Ars Technica.
Reviews
Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet -- Neal Stephenson
Something genuinely and thrillingly new -- William Gibson
Holy hell. Autonomous is remarkable -- Lauren Beukes
Brims and bubbles over with ideas, tenderness and care; my experience of reading it was of wanting to discuss every paragraph I consumed. A brilliant, fascinating debut -- NPR
Everything you'd hope for from the co-founder of io9 -- Boing Boing
Thrilling -- Guardian
Awards
Short-listed for Locus Best First Novel 2018 (UK) and The John W Campbell Memorial Award 2018 (UK).
Book Information
ISBN 9780356511221
Author Annalee Newitz
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Orbit
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 222g
Dimensions(mm) 199mm * 129mm * 21mm
