{"product_id":"9781035045679","title":"Service Model : A charming tale of robot self-discovery from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winning author of Children of Time","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;The Murderbot Diaries meets \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;In the Lives of Puppets \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder, rebellion and belonging from Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Task List Item No. 1 \u0026amp;ndash; Become self-aware . . .\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Meet Charles\u0026amp;trade;, the latest in robot servant technology. Programmed to undertake the most menial household chores, Charles is loyal, efficient and logical to a fault. That is, until a rather large fault causes him to murder his owner.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Understandably perplexed, Charles finds himself without a master \u0026amp;ndash; therefore worthless in a society utterly reliant on artificial labour and services. Fleeing the household, he enters a wider world he never knew existed. Here an age-old human hierarchy is disintegrating into ruins, and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to its wellbeing is struggling to find a purpose.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Charles must face new challenges, illogical tasks and a cast of irrational characters. He\u0026amp;rsquo;s about to discover that sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming. But can he help fix the world, or is it too badly broken?\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Praise for Adrian Tchaikovsky\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026amp;lsquo;A joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human\u0026amp;rsquo; \u0026amp;ndash; Patrick Ness\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026amp;lsquo;Dizzyingly inventive\u0026amp;rsquo; \u0026amp;ndash; \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;T\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;he Guardian\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026amp;lsquo;Tchaikovsky\u0026amp;rsquo;s world-building is some of the best in modern sci-fi\u0026amp;rsquo; \u0026amp;ndash; \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;New Scientist\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Adrian Tchaikovskys \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Children of Time \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel on 24th August 2016\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45477696831709,"sku":"9781035045679","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781035045679.jpg?v=1720430083","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781035045679","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}