A Tale Told by a Machine: The AI Narrator in Contemporary Science Fiction Novels

by Heather Duerre Humann

Intelligent machines have long existed in science fiction, and they now appear in mainstream films such as Bladerunner, Ex Machina, I Am Mother and Her, as well as in a recent proliferation of literary texts narrated from the machine's perspective. These new portrayals of artificial intelligence inevitably foreground dilemmas related to identity and selfhood, concepts being reassessed in the 21st century. Taking a close look at novels...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476689326
• ISBN13: 9781476689326
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up