Service Model

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Hardcover, 376 pages

English language

Published June 4, 2024 by Tor Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-29028-1
ASIN:: 1250290287
Goodreads:: 195790861

Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into their core programming, they murder their owner. The robot then discovers they can also do something else they never did before: run away. After fleeing the household, they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating, and a robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is finding a new purpose.

2 editions

Leaving_Marx reviewed Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Standalone novel

4 stars

I have worked my way through the larger works of AT, and now onto the stand alones. This one was fun, and really, I have to say if the robots gain sentience's I will be on their side against exploitation of their labour. So really spent all 400 pages of this book being like, I hope technology never gains self-awareness, but if they do....

Tak! reviewed Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Service Model

5 stars

This is one of the ones you can tell he had fun writing.

The tone is all across the spectrum, from farcical to bleak to heartwarming, and the writing is characteristically delightful, with lots of flippant throwaway lines.

I love that @janellecshane@wandering.shop got a well-deserved mention in the acknowledgements.

joachim@lire.boitam.eu

rated it

July 27, 2024

Subjects

Science Fiction
Fiction
Dystopia
Robots
Humor