Fiction: 'Four Imaginary Reviews' by Adam Roberts

Cristina Algarotti, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday (Howells 2018), 292pp

The main character in Algarotti���s new novel is an artificial intelligence, a consciousness spun out of a cat���s-cradle of linked supercomputers (some on earth, some in orbit, one on the moon), called Lah R��d 7040qb, known as Lala by its developers. The opening chapters are all told from the point of view of Lala: how s/he comes into awareness, his/her friendships with Lance and Kuoh (his/her favourites amongst t...