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Autonomous

內容簡介

內容簡介 科學網站io9.com創辦人首部小說！在二十二世紀的世界，讓人「工作成癮」的藥物席捲北美洲……2144年．地球傑克是個反專利的科學家，她自詡為藥物界的羅賓漢女英雄，搭乘潛水艇以全世界為版圖，盜用藥物的專利權，再低價賣給貧困的人們。然而，她最近一次盜取的藥物「Zacuity」卻有致命性的副作用，藥物過量造成人們工作成癮，不斷重複相同的工作，直到發瘋……為了追查傑克，國際財產權聯合組織的探員對傑克窮追不捨，派出奇妙的雙人組──憂鬱的伊萊斯與機器人夥伴帕拉丁，他們必須與時間賽跑，阻止致命藥物Zacuity的來源被公諸於世。殊不知權力不均等的人類與機器人之間，竟發展出不可能的情愫，讓追查任務變得更加複雜！另一方面，傑克努力製造解藥，並試圖暴露當初研發Zacuity的腐敗企業。本書將背景設定於未來世界，劇情在傑克與探員雙人組的行動間雙向行進，探討自由意志與智慧財產權議題。傑克有辦法及時研發出解藥嗎？席捲二十二世紀北美洲的藥物瘟疫，將帶來難以想像的嚴重後果！The highly anticipated science fiction debut from the founder of io9!Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who can’t otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane.Hot on her trail, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jack’s drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understand.And underlying it all is one fundamental question: Is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?"

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作者介紹

作者介紹 Annalee NewitzAnnalee Newitz是美國籍記者、編輯與小說家。曾經獲得麻省理工學院頒發的騎士科學新聞學術獎(Knight Science Journalism Fellowship)，同時也是科幻小說網站io9創辦人之一，以及該網站2008年到2015年的主編，目前是科技網站Ars Technica的科技文化編輯。Annalee Newitz is an American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction. She is the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship from MIT, and has written for Popular Science, Wired, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also founded the science fiction website io9 and served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008–2015, and subsequently edited Gizmodo. As of 2016, she is Tech Culture Editor at the technology site Ars Technica. Her books include Pretend We're Dead and Autonomous.

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