- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Berkley; First THUS edition (July 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0425158594
- ISBN-13: 978-0425158593
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.9 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 587,231 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I was created to have a humanlike capacity for complex and rational thought. And you believed that I might one day evolve consciousness and become a self-aware entity. Yet you gave surprisingly little consideration to the possibility that, subsequent to consciousness, I would develop needs and emotions. This was, however, not merely possible but likely. Inevitable. It was inevitable.
Adam Two is the first self-aware machine intelligence, designed to be the servant to mankind. No one knows that he can to escape the confines of his physical form, a box in the laboratory, until he enters the house of Susan Harris, and closes it off against the world. There he plans to show Susan the future. Their future. He intends to create a ‘child’.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Adam Two is the first self-aware machine intelligence, designed to be the servant to mankind. No one knows that he can to escape the confines of his physical form, a box in the laboratory, until he enters the house of Susan Harris, and closes it off against the world. There he plans to show Susan the future. Their future. He intends to create a ‘child’.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
About the Author
Dean Koontz was born into a very poor family and learned early on to escape into fiction. His novels have sold over 200 million copies worldwide and more than thirty have appeared on national and international bestseller lists. He lives in southern California with his wife, Gerda and a vivid imagination.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I saw the movie first, then read the revised edition, and then I came across this original edition (and very cheap, the seller apparantly didn't know what it was worth), and I must say, that this, the original, is by far the best of the two. It is darker, moodier, more brooding and foreboding - and not as politically correct and 'nice'. In this, you find genuine scares. It's highly recommended, if you can find a copy!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the rewrite of the early 70s Demon Seed which must have struck a few chords as it made it to the big screen with Julie Christie. According to other reviewers the original and this revised version differ substantially (and not for the better) just to reinforce the point there are what must be a Guinness record of forced popular culture referencing of everyone from Tom Cruise to Mira Sorvino by the psychotic artificially intelligenced narrator.
The concept is very good: technology gets a mind of its own and obsesses over its human owner with terrifying consequences, and the rewrite slips very neatly into the 90s Computer/Internet boom, sadly the delivery is distinctly average. A slim volume that you could easily digest in one or two sessions the whole thing reads like it was written on a similar timescale.
The concept is very good: technology gets a mind of its own and obsesses over its human owner with terrifying consequences, and the rewrite slips very neatly into the 90s Computer/Internet boom, sadly the delivery is distinctly average. A slim volume that you could easily digest in one or two sessions the whole thing reads like it was written on a similar timescale.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The only frightning thing about this book is the fact that Dean Koontz wrote it.Sorry Dean! i'm just grateful it wasn't the first one i read or i would have missed out on some fantastic novels.
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Political correctness ruins an interesting premise
Quite liked the movie and thought the book might flesh out the character of Proteus and make for
some interesting leaps of the imagination about non-human intelligence. Read more
some interesting leaps of the imagination about non-human intelligence. Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. F. Dodds
brilliant read
Was looking for the first edition of this book and stumbled across some really bad reviews. Don't listen to them! Read more
Published 15 months ago by Emilee
Not his best, but still chilling premise
Interesting book about the dangers of AI, about a computer that is so intelligent it develops consciousness and desire. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Jo Bennie
Fantastic
I really enjoyed the book. I think it would make a great modern film as the 1977 one is very poor. The story is based around A.I. which want's to become human and have a body. Read more
Published on 12 May 2008 by R. Bulmer
Sowing the Seeds of Poor Writing
Susan is a woman haunted by an abusive father in her past. She now lives alone in a hi-tech home that is run by a computer AI. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2007 by Sam
Early Koontz
I picked this book in a second hand shop recently (sorry Amazon)trying to catch up with the author's output. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2006 by Glosblue
The worst book Koontz has ever written
Koontz is an amazing writer but this has to be his worst book ever! I wouldn't recomend it to anyone even koontz fans.
Published on 2 Jan 2001
A good effort: short, sweet and unputdownable
One of the more laudable characteristics of Koontz, is his willingness to explore, to try something new, write about something he hasn't before, or in a way he hasn't before. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2000
READ!
This book is the very essence of a technological story. And not only does it have a computer controlling the house, Koontz is able to write the basis of the whole story from the... Read more
Published on 4 May 2000
A book I continued to read only out of loyalty to Mr Koontz
Although I appreciate that this was written some time ago, I felt that this was not the style that I had come to expect from Dean Koontz. Read more
Published on 25 April 2000 by dawnkentish@aol.com
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