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Set My Heart to A Billion

Set My Heart to Five by Simon Stephenson

February 14, 2021 by wicherwill 1 Comment

A recommendation from Cannonball Read by jomidi! This book was not what I was expecting. I was expecting a book in the vein of All Systems Red and the accompanying books, because that is a book about a bot who develops…unwarranted feelings/empathy/care, and this seemed like a similarly set up premise and therefore something I would like. But it was not, which I should have realized because books are not just derivatives of other books. Authors generally like to write new works. Authors! Are great! …my attempt at language similar […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: bots with hearts, recommendation, Simon Stephenson

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: bots with hearts, recommendation, Simon Stephenson ·
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When a Bot has feelings

Set My Heart to Five by Simon Stephenson

January 20, 2021 by jomidi 3 Comments

Set My Heart to Five by Simon Stephenson is a hard book to explain.  Partly because it defies genre and partly because it isn’t really about what it appears to be about.  Let’s start with the genre, my library copy had three stickers on the spine – Science Fiction, Humor, and Social Issues.  Besides these categories, it is written in an interesting style with regular prose sections and then sections written as if part of a screenplay.  Moving on to the plot, it may appear […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, humor, sci-fi, Set My Heart to Five, Simon Stephenson

jomidi's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Fiction, humor, sci-fi, Set My Heart to Five, Simon Stephenson ·
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