Roderick

Name: Roderick
Author: John Sladek

by John Sladek

Created by scientists, an android learns language and consciousness over years

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John Sladek

John Sladek was an American satirical science fiction author who was associated with the British New Wave. The Reproductive System and Mechasm are among his satirical science fiction novels. His detective novels Tik-Tok and Roderick are Asimovian robot stories told from inside a murderous robot's perspective.

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