{"id":3921,"date":"2020-03-30T12:01:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T16:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2020-03-28T22:02:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T02:02:55","slug":"episode-145-machines-like-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-145-machines-like-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 145 – Machines Like Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Machines<\/a><\/p>\n

We’ve been reading too much frivolous lady fiction around here, so we had to make time to read a Serious Book by an Important White Man. Our guest Amy<\/a> used her human skills of persuasion to get us to read Machines Like Me<\/em> by Ian McEwan<\/a>, Finally, someone has dared to ask the questions: what if robots could have emotions and also working penises and also what if the UK had lost the Falklands War?<\/p>\n

Readers advisory<\/strong>:\u00a0Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes: <\/strong>“Archana and Chandni” <\/span>by Iona Datt Sharma<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Ian McEwan: ‘Who’s Going to Write the Algorithm for the Little White Lie?'” by Tim Adams<\/a><\/p>\n

“In McEwan’s Latest, The ‘Machine’ Is Too Much Like You” by Heller McCalpin<\/a><\/p>\n

Candy Pairing:\u00a0<\/strong> Amy says Fry’s Turkish Delight<\/span><\/a>, Kait says a potato battery<\/a>, Renata says Mystery Airheads<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coming up next:\u00a0<\/strong>American Royals<\/em> by Katharine McGee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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