The Complete Roderick

by John Sladek
The Complete Roderick  
published January 4th 2004 by Overlook Press
binding Paperback
isbn 1585675873   (isbn13: 9781585675876)
pages 611
description Roderick is a robot and this is his autobiography. Sladek conveys, with great sensitivity and insight the innocence of an artificial intelligence an...more
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05-22-07



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Sam
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bookshelves: science-fiction
Read in April, 2008
recommends it for: People who like Vonnegut or Robots
This book reminded me of two other novels: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. Sladek has a lot of the same sensibilities as Vonnegut as a writer. They're both great at dark/black humor and they both seemed interested in fake religions, of which this book contains many. It reminded me of Heinlein's novel because of the use of religious matter and an alien entity (in this case a robot pretending to be human) who is introduced into our society and ha...more
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