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| Genre/Form: | Science fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Powers |
| ISBN: | 0374199485 9780374199487 |
| OCLC Number: | 31607027 |
| Description: | 329 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Other Titles: | Galatea two point two |
| Responsibility: | Richard Powers. |
Abstract:
A man's experiment in creating the ideal woman. He is Richard Powers, a professor with a taste for the cerebral. As no woman matches his expectations, he creates Helen, a talking intelligence which he programs with his favored books. The novel follows Richard and Helen's relationship to its sad and inevitable conclusion. By the author of The Gold Bug Variations.
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