Machines Like Me
Machines Like Me is the 15th novel by the English author Ian McEwan. The novel published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape. The novel is set in the 1980s in an alternative history timeline in which the UK lost the Falklands War, Alan Turing is still alive, and the Internet, social media, and self-driving cars already exist. The story revolves around an android named Adam and its/his relationship with its/his owners, Charlie and Miranda, which involves the formation of a love triangle.
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In an alternate 1980s where Alan Turing lived, a man buys an early synthetic person named Adam. Adam falls in love with the man's girlfriend, and starts making moral decisions of his own that nobody asked for.
Machines Like Me was written by Ian McEwan and published in 2019. McEwan is the author of Atonement, On Chesil Beach, and many other literary novels.
Yes, in an alternate-history mode. Machines Like Me is set in an alternate 1980s Britain where Alan Turing is alive and synthetic humans are commercially available. McEwan uses the sci-fi premise to explore literary fiction's classic themes of love, ethics, and consciousness.
Machines Like Me is 333 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Machines Like Me takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
Machines Like Me is a standalone novel by Ian McEwan, not part of a series.
Machines Like Me is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
