- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: RoC; New edition edition (28 Oct 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140129502
- ISBN-13: 978-0140129502
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.2 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,169,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mind meets microchip as a brilliant young genius develops a machine capable of spontaneous thought. Before he can perfect the machine, terrorists steal his research and put a bullet through his brain. Miraculously revived by methods he pioneered, he must find his lost memory and discover who is trying to kill him.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
harry tries, and i personally think, suceedes to do a novel in the style of Mr A.C.Clarke. it is very technical and a little bit long winded but conveyed a very good story very very well. I normally read harry because it is an easy read and very entertaining as well as being quite funny but this is a totally different affair which i think was very good. At the time of writing there are used copies in the market place for only 1p!! Well below what i think this is worth! For the sake of a penny give it a go and if you like it try reading some of his other book they are all, in my opinion, GREAT.
3 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although apparently a collaboration between Minsky (obviously an expert in cybernetics, and the related future trends) and Harrison (the renowned Sci-Fi and Fantasy writer), there is very little evidence of any trace of Harrison here at all.
Whilst the story is tidy enough, there is none of the humour or general swagger associated with much of Harrison's work, and indeed vast swathes of the book resemble articles from some trade periodical forecasting how cybernetics will change. This often shows up as pages of actually quite tedious "too-much-information", and doesn't do the storyline (weak as it is) much good.
Certainly, if you are looking for a work of fiction that covers the software aspect of Artificial Intelligence, and the hardware of man- machine interface, then this is a good enough book.
If you're looking for a Harry Harrison book, try another title.
Whilst the story is tidy enough, there is none of the humour or general swagger associated with much of Harrison's work, and indeed vast swathes of the book resemble articles from some trade periodical forecasting how cybernetics will change. This often shows up as pages of actually quite tedious "too-much-information", and doesn't do the storyline (weak as it is) much good.
Certainly, if you are looking for a work of fiction that covers the software aspect of Artificial Intelligence, and the hardware of man- machine interface, then this is a good enough book.
If you're looking for a Harry Harrison book, try another title.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A.I. - Absolutely Intriguing
4 May 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
As far as I know this novel is the only collaboration between Harry Harrison and Marvin Minsky. And given the quality of this book I find that truly sad. Harrison is of course one of the most prolific writers in the field of Science fiction and Minsky is a scientist with MIT, working in the area of A.I., who is more used to writing scientific articles than fiction. The two together bring a great story to life in an extremely believable way.
The "Turing Option" is set in the near future and concentrates on the experiences of a brilliant scientist who has just suffered a major brain trauma. His own cybernetic researches help doctors to bring him back to life and allow him to pursue his murderers. This pursuit leads him back to his research into artificial intelligence which it seems was the motivation behind the first attack.
The plot and story telling, whilst top notch, are not what prompted me to include the book on this page. No, it was the A.I. or M.I. (Machine Intelligence), that I became fascinated with. As far as I am concerned, the concept of a robotic entity has never been explored so well as in this novel. (yes I have read all of Asimov's robot stories). If you are at all interested in this area of science, then this book must be read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
About building a super-intelligent machine.
9 Nov 1995
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This adventure novel explains some of the theories in my
non-fiction, "The Society of Mind."To find more about how
the robot Sven was created, there are additional chapters at
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/minsky/minsky.html or
ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/minsky/option.chapters
Best wishes, Marvin Minsky, MI
non-fiction, "The Society of Mind."To find more about how
the robot Sven was created, there are additional chapters at
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/minsky/minsky.html or
ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/minsky/option.chapters
Best wishes, Marvin Minsky, MI
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
the book was dynamite
14 Jun 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have read a lot of science fiction, and I believe that this book tops the list for me. It was beautiful complex, knowledge permiated through this book, but most of all was if machines have a right to chose what OS they use, and I believe they say "I choose linux".
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