Sci-Fi Reading Adventure Part 2: "Annie Bot" by Sierra Greer

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A Frankenstein for the Digital Age?

Annie is a robot, created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Playful and eager to please, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the outfits he buys for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his whims. Maybe the apartment isn’t always spotless, but she’s trying to be good enough for Doug. She’s trying really hard.

But as Annie grows more self-aware, she begins to question her life: the empty weeks spent confined to the apartment, the fitness regimens designed to keep her part-organic body toned, the service appointments to increase her bra size and shave inches off her waistline. And Doug is kind of an a$$hole.

Annie starts to imagine the impossible – what would life be like outside Doug’s apartment? What could she be like without Doug . . . ?

This provocative novel examines the relationship between creator and creation, between human and AI, exploring issues of trust, intimacy, power and autonomy.

Is a soul something we are born with? Or is it something – through love, pain and other people – we can learn?

240 pages
science-fiction