WINNER OF THE 2025 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD A TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH A GUARDIAN SCI-FI BOOK OF THE MONTH A JIMMY FALLON SPRING FAVOURITE A HARPER'S BAZAAR 'BEST BOOK OF 2024' AUDIBLE BEST OF THE MONTH AMAZON 'BEST OF MARCH' PICK ESQUIRE'S 'BEST BOOKS OF 2024 (SO FAR)' A 'MOST ANTICIPATED NOVEL' FOR GOODREADS AND READER'S DIGEST Annie is the perfect girlfriend. She has dinner ready for Doug every night, wears the outfits he buys for her, and caters to his every sexual whim. Maybe her cleaning isn’t always good enough, but she’s trying really hard.She was designed that way, after all.Because Annie is a robot. But what happens when she starts to rebel against her stifled existence and imagine the impossible – a life without Doug? 'A compelling story of power, consent and control’ GRAZIA ‘A smart dive into big questions about identity, autonomy and power… packs an impressive punch’ THE TIMES, Book of the Month

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-03-14
Mått:141 x 222 x 25 mm
Vikt:360 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:9780008584566
Miljömärkning:Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.

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SIERRA GREER grew up in Minnesota before attending Williams College and Johns Hopkins University. A former high school English teacher, she writes about the future from her home in rural Connecticut.

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‘An intense, compelling tale that, like all good stories about robots, is ultimately about the human condition’ GUARDIAN, Sci-Fi Book of the Month‘A smart dive into big questions about identity, autonomy and power… packs an impressive punch’ THE TIMES, Book of the Month'Barbie for girls who like Aphex Twin' SHEENA PATEL'Smart, provocative, and a rollicking good read' i PAPER‘Slyly profound… a brilliant pas de deux, grappling with ideas of freedom and identity while depicting a perverse relationship in painful detail… gripping’ NEW YORK TIMES'A compelling story of power, consent and control in the age of AI’ GRAZIA'An exquisitely written, empathetic novel that asks what it really means to be human’ RED'Provocative… Greer delivers a Frankenstein for the digital age… A rich text about power, autonomy and what happens when our creations outgrow us' ESQUIRE'A dazzling, anxiety-inducing novel… a coming-of-age thriller, a sexbot bildungsroman page-turner, a book that I excitedly described to anyone who would listen while I was reading it' SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN'A timely examination of the human psyche’ GUARDIAN'I kept reading Annie Bot way after bedtime' WASHINGTON POST'Political and timely, delicious and thought-provoking… Tightly drawn, at times very funny… A great fit for fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa' NEW SCIENTIST, Top 5 Reads of 2024‘Such a compelling read. Memorable, emotive, weird-in-a-good way’ NIAMH HARGAN'Witty, wicked, and weirdly addictive' LIONEL SHRIVER'Unexpectedly emotional' DAILY MAIL‘A beautifully penned, compassionate tale that probes the essence of humanity’ SUNDAY MAIL'A fun, unsettling novel' PEOPLE'A fascinating look into a future we may never wish for' BOOKLIST'An intricate, intimate look at the fundamentals of human relationships… unflinching in its examination of humanity' LIBRARY JOURNALAnnie Bot was a Book of the Month in the Guardian and The Times w/c 04.03.24