- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (10 April 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0715637401
- ISBN-13: 978-0715637401
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 739,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Provokes all kinds of questions about consciousness and emotions, about how we recognise ourselves in others'
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'Oddly - very oddly - fascinating new book' - The Telegraph. 'Utterly fascinating, scholarly and rather uncomfortable book' - New Statesman. 'His book reminds us that humanity is an act: it is something we do. When our robots become pets, carers, even companions, we will, quite naturally, feel the urge to treat them well' - The Guardian.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was disappointed with this book. It's very long winded, and the first half of the book, in particular, is hard going. It's not a technical book at all, and could be read by anyone. The trouble is, it doesn't say very much. And, having read it, I am hardly any more knowledgeable about the subject than I was before I started. In fact, the book might best be read by people who genuinely don't believe that it's going to be possible to have sex with machines within the next 40 years.
That might explain the slightly prurient tone that permeates the book... a sort of condescending, "robot sex will be for weirdos", tone. I appreciate that the writer has to try to appeal to ordinary readers but this tone was grating and came across as disingenuous.
But I have more serious criticisms. Cybersex is hardly touched, yet it is almost certainly going to be a crucial evolutionary stage between where we are now and the future that Levy describes. I got the distinct feeling that the whole topic of virtual sex (in environments such as Second Life) is not familiar to the writer. If so, that's an amazing gap in his knowledge.
And there was very little discussion about the impact of virtual/machine sex on society. Yet, if Levy's future comes to pass, it will transform sexual relationships between men and women, which will, in turn, transform society.
There were good bits too. I enjoyed the history of sex and sex aids. And the topic is certainly an interesting one. But the good was outnumbered by the boring.
Not a bad book. Just disappointing.
That might explain the slightly prurient tone that permeates the book... a sort of condescending, "robot sex will be for weirdos", tone. I appreciate that the writer has to try to appeal to ordinary readers but this tone was grating and came across as disingenuous.
But I have more serious criticisms. Cybersex is hardly touched, yet it is almost certainly going to be a crucial evolutionary stage between where we are now and the future that Levy describes. I got the distinct feeling that the whole topic of virtual sex (in environments such as Second Life) is not familiar to the writer. If so, that's an amazing gap in his knowledge.
And there was very little discussion about the impact of virtual/machine sex on society. Yet, if Levy's future comes to pass, it will transform sexual relationships between men and women, which will, in turn, transform society.
There were good bits too. I enjoyed the history of sex and sex aids. And the topic is certainly an interesting one. But the good was outnumbered by the boring.
Not a bad book. Just disappointing.
Format:Paperback
Love and Sex with Robots is a book for the men/women who like to daydream of the next day and what it will be like.
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