When Harlie Was One (Release 2.0)

by David Gerrold and GERROLD DAVID

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553264656
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.

Customer Reviews

When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One (Release 2.0)

I looked for a long time for "When Harlie Was Two" (a title promised in the book "When Harlie Was One"). Never found it. There was a good reason! That book was never written. I finally found it at Worldcon 63 (Noreascon 4) in the huckster's room where I ran across the author himself at a booth selling "When Harlie Was One (Release 2.0)". It may be out of print, but it is not unavailable. Try his home page. http://www.gerrold.com/

My Favorite Kind of Book!

I LOVE books about intelligent machines, and this is one of the best! I hope to live to see the first intelligent machines like HARLIE, and if you are into this subject too, this book is a MUST-HAVE

WHEN HARLIE WAS ONE

A superb and thoughful book - the "Version 2", which is hard to find is very much better than the "original" which feels a little dated these days.BTW The name HARLIE is an acronym which changes in the two versions of the book. In version 1 the acronym is for Human Analog Robot Life Input Equivalents. The last reviewer is dead wrong and actually gives away one of the key plot points and "jokes" of the book, so SPOILERS BELOW! You have been warned!

Defining 'thought provoking', this is a techno-masterpiece.

I picked up release 2.0 when I was about 10 years old, and proceeded to wear the book out through tens if not hundreds of readings. There are so many explorations in this novel, all of which are absolutely riveting. "What if?" What if we created a computer which acted alive, and WE COULDN'T PROVE IT WASN'T? What if that computer progressed through many stages of development, paralleling human development? What if 'higher ups' were going to destroy that silicon being, which believes it is alive? An extraordinary novel, I heartily recommend it.

A wonderful, thought-provoking book

This is the only book that's ever kept me awake all night, unable to stop reading until I got to the end. I think it was around 3am when I finally finished it. I don't usually re-read novels, but this was one of the rare exceptions, and I think it's due for a third reading some time soon.If you're at all interested in AI, the mystery of consciousness, and related ethical issues, then you have to read this book.