Service Model

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Hardcover, 376 pages

English language

Published June 4, 2024 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
978-1-250-29028-1
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ASIN:
1250290287
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195790861

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4 stars (1 review)

Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into their core programming, they murder their owner. The robot then discovers they can also do something else they never did before: run away. After fleeing the household, they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating, and a robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is finding a new purpose.

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reviewed Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Light satirical tale of a robot valet after the apocalypse.

4 stars

The somewhat satirical tale of Uncharles, a robot programmed as valet traveling across a collapsing, nearly post-human society, after the death of its master.

Very reminiscent of a lot of 50s and early 60s sci-fi, in that it uses bits of the apocalypse setting to satirize modern scoeity. It's pleasant, but somewhat unchallenging. Good as a lighter read.

Subjects

  • Science Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Dystopia
  • Robots
  • Humor