Andrew Gilpin answers “For those who have read this, did you...”

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For those who have read this, did you think there was much point in creating the alternative 1982?

Andrew Gilpin The point was that had Turing lived and made this fantastic technological break through then it would have had social and political implications. So, …moreThe point was that had Turing lived and made this fantastic technological break through then it would have had social and political implications. So, I rather liked the backdrop of an alternate political landscape. Sure some of it was questionable such as Hiroshima didn’t happen and Kennedy survived the assassination attempt (society wouldn’t have changed enough by 1963 for those events to be any different, arguably) but these were minor distractions and, as McEwan said, he was just being playful. An all round excellent novel!(less)

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Machines like Me

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