The first psi-fi novel published through PsiFiBooks.com is “Reluctant Android.” It will be ready for reviewers in August, 2018, and for sale on September1, 2018. Here’s the blurb:
Reluctant Android (conceptual sci-fi, 80,000 words). Andy, an eccentric software engineer in Seattle, is horrified to discover he’s a robot. He confides in his boss, Lucy, who tries to capture him. On the run, he finds his creator in Honolulu and learns he is neither purely human nor just machine, but something new. He convinces Lucy to leave him alone if he passes a public Turing test. Then he surprises her with an offer of reconciliation based on mutual trust. She is stunned and must rethink her assumptions about humans and machines.
Reluctant Android is the first in a “Newcomer” series, about AI Androids like Andy who blend extremely well into human society – extremely well, but not quite well enough. Everybody seems normal until you get to know them. It takes a while to discover the warts, biological or psychological. And that’s when instinctive anti-machine bias kicks in. We humans don’t seem to be ready for a genuinely intimate relationship with a machine. Why? Andy doesn’t know. The story is told from his point of view.
Andy is out receiving his final line edits right now but he’ll be ready to go this summer. The manuscript, first written in 2015, is in its ninth and final revision. As any writer knows, “final” is a decree, not a certain state of being, so Andy is being kicked out of the house. I hope he blends in with people.
Check back soon to get updates on Andy, the reluctant android. Get a free sample at:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/874448
