Autonomous: A Novel

When anything can be owned, how can we be free

Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people 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, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his robotic partner, Paladin. As …

298 pages

Published Sept. 19, 2017 by Tor Books.

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978-0-7653-9209-1
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Stormy

A mix of concepts and ideas. I don't think it really ever settled into a direction.

Some interesting concepts around the future of healthcare, drugs, bioengineering and slavery. I think I would have enjoyed it more if it had gone deeper on some of its ideas, rather than going so wide.

Quite focused on sexuality and gender identity, which in a world of AI and a backdrop of ownership was uncomfortable at times.

Eher enttäuschend als cyberpunk Meilenstein

Content warning Spoiler für die Sex-mit-Abhängigen Storyline