Need members advice RE: Robot or Android?

[Dennis]

Robot VS Android
We just got some feedback from our beta readers, as usual, it was constructive and insightful. Thanks beta readers.

I have two questions and I’m hoping for some comments from the Goodreads book club members.

The book is futuristic, there are humanlike house helpers and then there are the “mechs” who definitely don’t look human, they can be spiderlike or snakelike, etc. A beta read thinks we should call them all androids, we are calling them all robots.

1 – Would it be confusing to you, the reader if we called some robots (the mechs) and some androids (the humanlike)?

2 – Is the term android as popular/recognizable a term as robot for the general reader?

The book is the Neuromorphs [http://dennismeredith.com/the-neuromo...] and please note I do not add the link for promotion, just if you need/want more information.

Regards,

Joni
Joanne Meredith
editor@glyphus.com

[Budd, Dictator of Indoctrination]

Androids are human like robots. While all androids are robots, not all robots are androids.

[Blue.Skies]

I would agree with Budd and to answer the other question: Androids is a perfectly recognizable term.

[Dennis]

Thanks for your comment. As independent publishers we really appreciate the input we get from readers at Goodreads.

Warm regards,
Joni
Joanne Meredith
editor@glyphus.com