Android Karenina
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3.3
Leo Tolstoy
Ben H. Winters
Leo Tolstoy meets robots in this “creepy, thrilling, and highly enjoyable” sci-fi mashup of the classic Russian novel Anna Karenina (Library Journal). “ . . . lives up to its promise to make Tolstoy ‘awesomer.’”—The Onion AV Club It’s been called the greatest novel ever written. Now, Tolstoy’s timeless saga of love and betrayal is transported to an awesomer version of 19th-century Russia. It is a world humming with high-powered groznium engines: where debutantes dance the 3D waltz in midair, mechanical wolves charge into battle alongside brave young soldiers, and robots—miraculous, beloved robots!—are the faithful companions of everyone who’s anyone. Restless to forge her own destiny in this fantastic modern life, the bold noblewoman Anna and her enigmatic Android Karenina abandon a loveless marriage to seize passion with the daring, handsome Count Vronsky. But when their scandalous affair gets mixed up with dangerous futuristic villainy, the ensuing chaos threatens to rip apart their lives, their families, and—just maybe—all of planet Earth.
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Author
Leo Tolstoy
Pages
512
Publisher
Quirk Books
Published Date
2010-06-08
ISBN
1594744602 9781594744600
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"I have finally figured out why I couldn't get through Anna Karenina all those years ago. There weren't any robots. It seems so obvious now . . .<br/><br/>In all seriousness, this book is well crafted. Winters has done an incredible job at incorporating advanced technology into a preexisting storyline. Even with the significant change of substituting actual humans with androids, the story does not suffer. I cringed during Betsy’s Iron Law “game” with Marionetta. Robot or human-that is one uncomfortable moment."