Less Than Human

by Charles Platt

Burt is a trillion dollars worth of robot -- with a ten minute gap in his programming that renders him virtually useless to his creators. Still since coming to Earth, he has managed to find a snappy new set of clothes, a cure for cancer, and a sixteen year old girlfriend.

Now he's made some really amazing discoveries about himself and his adopted home. Discoveries ranging from the amazing Presidential robot to deviant mechanized sex to mutant wildlife in Lake Michigan to the truth behind kill-crazed New York City cops. Discoveries that are going to make life a lot harder for the chief programmer and the powers that be ... and a lot more lethal for Burt and his newfound friends

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

238 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1986

About the author

From wikipedia:

Charles Platt (born in London, England, 1945) is the author of 41 fiction and nonfiction books, including science-fiction novels such as The Silicon Man and Protektor (published in paperback by Avon Books). He has also written non-fiction, particularly on the subjects of computer technology and cryonics, as well as teaching and working in these fields. Platt relocated from England to the United States in 1970 and is a naturalized U. S. citizen.

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Charles Platt, born 1869