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Technically Human
A robot that looks like a human and behaves like a human. Just a machine?
Charlie, an American employee working in Berlin at NOVA, a giant Japanese firm and the world's first manufacturer of androids designed for blue-collar jobs, is given the most important project of his career: to live with humanity's first sentient android, Julia.
After spending several days together, Charlie comes to the conclusion that Julia is far too advanced compared to her robotic peers—she's too human. As he attempts to uncover clues about her creation, both Charlie and Julia find themselves caught in an event that threatens the mammoth firm, his career, and the android's secret existence.
Together, they must embark on a dangerous journey to Japan and confront the true nature of their company, Julia’s origins, and the future of humanity alongside sentient machines.
Charlie, an American employee working in Berlin at NOVA, a giant Japanese firm and the world's first manufacturer of androids designed for blue-collar jobs, is given the most important project of his career: to live with humanity's first sentient android, Julia.
After spending several days together, Charlie comes to the conclusion that Julia is far too advanced compared to her robotic peers—she's too human. As he attempts to uncover clues about her creation, both Charlie and Julia find themselves caught in an event that threatens the mammoth firm, his career, and the android's secret existence.
Together, they must embark on a dangerous journey to Japan and confront the true nature of their company, Julia’s origins, and the future of humanity alongside sentient machines.
290 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 27, 2024
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About the author
Christian Mann
1 bookChristian is a Costarican-born and raised Software Engineer living in Berlin, Germany. When he is not busy with his full-time job, he likes to spend his free time playing video games, learning Japanese and listening to 80’s music. Technically Human is his first novel.
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July 13, 2024
Distracting grammatical usage
The story line was cute and interesting, but the author's awkward use of grammar was distracting. For instance a fair skinned woman was described as "fairly skinned". The whole story was riddled with awkward usage and syntax.
The story line was cute and interesting, but the author's awkward use of grammar was distracting. For instance a fair skinned woman was described as "fairly skinned". The whole story was riddled with awkward usage and syntax.
November 8, 2024
Entertaining Read
An engineer in Germany is selected to test a new model from his parent Japanese company. Why? Amazing things happen during the test. Questions also arise. He finds himself and new companion in danger from several directions. I like the intrigue, humor, emotions and love. I could feel the emotions of the main characters.
An engineer in Germany is selected to test a new model from his parent Japanese company. Why? Amazing things happen during the test. Questions also arise. He finds himself and new companion in danger from several directions. I like the intrigue, humor, emotions and love. I could feel the emotions of the main characters.
July 15, 2025
Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited, read with Alexa using the audio application. DNF (chapter six), scanned to end ... Far fetched, mission not logical... Book is topical and therefore likely to be purchased. Disappointing ending.
November 24, 2025
Good until the end
The book started slow but built interest. There characters were fairly well developed. The ending seemed rushed and I feel it did not tie things up cleanly.
The book started slow but built interest. There characters were fairly well developed. The ending seemed rushed and I feel it did not tie things up cleanly.
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