Saturn's Children - (Freyaverse Novel) by Charles Stross (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Freya Nakamichi-47 is a femmebot, one of the last of her kind. With no humans left to pay for the pleasures she provides, she agrees to transport a mysterious package from Mercury to Mars. Unfortunately, there are some humanoids who will stop at nothing to possess the contents of the package.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Sometime in the twenty-third century, humanity went extinct, leaving only androids behind to fulfill humanity's dreams. And, having learned well from their long-dead masters, they've established a hierarchical society--one with humanoid aristo rulers at the top and slave-chipped workers at the bottom, performing the lowly tasks all androids were originally created to do. <p/>Designed as a concubine for a species that hasn't existed for two hundred years, femmebot Freya Nakamichi-47--one of the last of her kind still functioning--accepts a job from a stranger to deliver a package from mercury to Mars. Unfortunately, she's just made herself a moving target for some very powerful, very determined humanoids desperate to retrieve the package's contents...<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Good fun... Heinlein himself would've liked this.-<i>San Diego Union Tribune</i> <p/>Sex oozes from every page of this erotic futuristic thriller.-<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/> One of the most stylishly imaginative robot tales ever penned. -<i>Booklist</i> <p/> A smart and playful romp. -<i>Times</i> (London) <p/>"A tightly plotted, Maltese Falcon-esque thriller with reversals and surprises galore...This is a fabulous book, a witty and deep critique of the field's shibboleths." - Cory Doctorow, author of <i>Little Brother</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England in 1964. He holds degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer, and freelance journalist. He is now a full-time writer.
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