The latest entry in Bedtime in the Public Domain is from Through the Looking Glass by Charles Lutwidge Dodson under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Today sees the release of Chapter 9: Queen Alice. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
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Through the Looking-Glass: Chapter 8: “It’s My Own Invention” (Bedtime in the Public Domain)
The latest entry in Bedtime in the Public Domain is from Through the Looking Glass by Charles Lutwidge Dodson under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Today sees the release of Chapter 8: “It’s My Own Invention”. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
Through the Looking-Glass: Chapter 7: The Lion and the Unicorn (Bedtime in the Public Domain)
The latest entry in Bedtime in the Public Domain is from Through the Looking Glass by Charles Lutwidge Dodson under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Today sees the release of Chapter 7: The Lion and the Unicorn. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
Through the Looking-Glass: Chapter 6: Humpty Dumpty (Bedtime in the Public Domain)
The latest entry in Bedtime in the Public Domain is from Through the Looking Glass by Charles Lutwidge Dodson under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Today sees the release of Chapter 6: Humpty Dumpty. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
Through the Looking-Glass: Chapter 5: Wool and Water (Bedtime in the Public Domain)
The latest entry in Bedtime in the Public Domain is from Through the Looking Glass by Charles Lutwidge Dodson under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Today sees the release of Chapter 5: Wool and Water. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
Through the Looking-Glass: Chapter 4: Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Bedtime in the Public Domain)
The latest entry in Bedtime in the Public Domain is from Through the Looking Glass by Charles Lutwidge Dodson under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Today sees the release of Chapter 4: Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
Through the Looking-Glass: Chapter 3: Looking-Glass Insects (Bedtime in the Public Domain)
The latest entry in Bedtime in the Public Domain is from Through the Looking Glass by Charles Lutwidge Dodson under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Today sees the release of Chapter Looking-Glass Insects:. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
Through the Looking-Glass: Chapter 2: The Garden of Live Flowers (Bedtime in the Public Domain)
The latest entry in Bedtime in the Public Domain is from Through the Looking Glass by Charles Lutwidge Dodson under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Today sees the release of Chapter 2: The Garden of Live Flowers. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
Through the Looking-Glass: Chapter 1: Looking-Glass House (Bedtime in the Public Domain)
The latest entry in Bedtime in the Public Domain is from Through the Looking Glass by Charles Lutwidge Dodson under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Today sees the release of Chapter 1: Looking-Glass House. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
Novel Review: Autonomous
He accessed his memory of Eliasz saying “I am not a faggot” for the seven hundred and sixteenth time. “Faggot” was a word for something that only humans cared about. Maybe Eliasz really was like the sprinkler system at Arcata Solar Farm, mistaking Paladin for something he was not.
Finally, Paladin considered the possibility that his own feelings were also an illusion. Every indentured bot knew that there were programs running in his mind that he could not access, nor control– and these programs were designed to inspire loyalty. But were they also supposed to make him care this much about small physiological changes in Eliasz’ body? (128)
Annalee Newitz is no stranger to readers of SF, and she has penned some fine non-fiction. Her first novel, Autonomous, appeared in September 2017 to accolades. We finally get around to reviewing this provocative work, which addresses ownership, patent piracy, indentured servitude, pharmaceutical availability, personal autonomy, and (as in the section quoted above) love, friendship, and sex between natural and artificial beings, who may (both) be at the mercy of their programming.