Ian mcewan robot book6/27/2023 I wanted to conjure a world of politics and reality that is sort of familiar, but different.” The Falklands War could’ve been a terrible failure. “I rather wanted Alan Turing to be alive, and also considered how the present could so easily have been otherwise. “I’m always a little bored of sci-fi set in the future,” McEwan said in a telephone interview in mid-April. This unsettled larger context frames a personal story marked by the tensions that come when wading into unknown territory. Londoners are in shock after the military defeat, alarmed by high and growing unemployment, and conflicted about a proposed withdrawal from the European Union. The political backdrop is built around the loss of the Falklands War. “Machines Like Me” is a ruminative mix of science fiction, romance and alternate history set in 1980s London. Talese/Doubleday, April 2019Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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