Synopsis
Here is the continuing and uproarious saga of Roderick, a robot and "learning machine" growing up in an America in the near future. The mild-mannered robot is confronted with an ever-widening cast of madcap characters who typify the artificial values endemic in modern America.
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About the Author
John Sladek (1937 - 2000) John Sladek was born in Iowa in 1937 but moved to the UK in 1966, where he became involved with the British New Wave movement, centred on Michael Moorcock's groundbreaking New Worlds magazine. Sladek began writing SF with 'The Happy Breed', which appeared in Harlan Ellison's seminal anthology Dangerous Visions in 1967, and is now recognized as one of SF's most brilliant satirists. His novels and short story collections include The Muller Fokker Effect, Roderick and Tik Tok, for which he won a BSFA Award. He returned to the United States in 1986, and died there in March 2000.
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Roderick At Random: 2nd in the 'Roderick' series of books
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Granada / Panther, 1983
ISBN 10: 0586052313
ISBN 13: 9780586052310
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Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Tim White (illustrator). 1st Edition. © 1983: 1st in the 'Roderick' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: Roderick wasn't exactly happy, but at least he was holding down a job, even if it was only as a bowl-washer at Danton's Doggie Dinette. He didn't know they were out to get him. He didn't know that in the whole wide world of lunatic game-shows, maniacal religious cults, tentacular business corporations, murderous governments, crazy consumerism and pill-popping people, there was no place for one mild-mannered robot:- Reviews: "Phenomenally inventive, bitingly satirical, a masterpiece of modern comic writing, 'Roderick At Random' is the second dazzling novel by John Sladek to feature the more-and-less-than-human robot"" / "A classic novel. It reeks simultaneously of 'Candide', 'Catch-22', 'Player Piano', 'The Wizard Of Oz" - Guardian / "Hilarious and serious" - Sunday Times / "Superb. Comparable with - at times even overtaking - early Kurt Vonnegut" - Time Out:- (original cost £1.95). Seller Inventory # 18.003.00487
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Granada, UK, 1983. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0586052313. ISBN/EAN: 9780586052310. Inventory No: 09040460. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 09040460