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Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

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#1335 of 8,085 books · #288 in Science Fiction

Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award (2025), the Hugo Award for Best Novel (2025), and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2025).

Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they never did before: They can run away. Fleeing the household they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating into ruins and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is having to find a new purpose. Sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming.

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Publisher
Tor Books
ISBN-13
9781250290298
Topics
Artificial intelligenceRobot autonomy and free willPost-human societyIdentity and purposeDark humor
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