Normally I wouldn't hope for a book to turn into film but this, I will make an exception. Just because I really want to see how on earth a gorilla can be friends with a machine. A. Lee Martinez never fail to surprise me with his absurd combination of characters. Even though the main character in this book claims that he was not programmed with a personality template, I felt that he portrayed more personality than some of the real biologicals I encounter daily (sad huh). Martinez wrote this book effortlessly and it was fun to read knowing that the book didn't take itself too seriously (AHEM like those authors who only writes to be the BEST SELLING bla bla bla). The only downside that I did not give this book 4 star does not lie in the fault of the author, it's me. I'm not a huge fan of robots or sci-fi fiction but the 'The Automatic Detective ' did not one bit forced me to skip chapters.