Saturn's Children

Charles Stross

Paperback, Mass Market

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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.

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...

Book Details

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publish Date: Jun 1st, 2009
Pages: 336
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 6.70in - 4.10in - 1.40in - 0.35lb
EAN: 9780441017317
Recommended age: 18-UP
Categories: • Science Fiction - Cyberpunk• Thrillers - Suspense

About the Author

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.

Praise for this book

"Good fun... Heinlein himself would've liked this."-San Diego Union Tribune

"Sex oozes from every page of this erotic futuristic thriller."-Publishers Weekly

"One of the most stylishly imaginative robot tales ever penned." -Booklist

"A smart and playful romp." -Times (London)

"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 Little Brother