These Are the Droids You’re Looking For

What is more human than exploring the life of an android? Beings that are almost human but not quite provide the perfect opportunity to investigate what actually makes us human, and if it is as well-defined as we might like to believe. These books are a small selection of human-android interaction narratives, and each takes a unique perspective on the subject.  


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Aliens: Bishop

This is Bishop’s story following Alien 3 – injured and wishing to be shut down but thwarted by his creator. Can he stop Weyland-Yutani from mining his mind for knowledge of the Xenomorph? Does he want to? 


All Systems Red

In Murderbot’s first adventure it is hired as security for an exploratory team checking out leasable land on an exoplanet. It should be routine, but of course it’s not, and Murderbot has to abandon its many hours of saved media to save the day. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook and as an eAudio on Libby and as an eAudio and a dramatized audio adaptation on Hoopla. 



Annie Bot

Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the pert outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she’s not the greatest at keeping Doug’s place spotless, but she’s trying to please him. She’s trying hard. She’s learning, too. Doug says he loves that Annie’s AI makes her seem more like a real woman, so Annie explores human traits such as curiosity, secrecy, and longing. But becoming more human also means becoming less perfect, and as Annie’s relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder: Does Doug really desire what he says he wants? And in such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself? 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby. 

 


Bubblegum

In this alternate future novel, the internet was never developed. Rather, people interact with Curios, android companions. Belt Magnet, an isolated man, has only his Curio for company as he pens his memoir and wonders what he has to say to the world. 

This title is also available for checkout in eAudio on Libby. 





One Person Can't Make a Difference

Run Ono-Marks isn’t quite human anymore, having sold off most of his organic parts. An offer to join a resistance in return for an upgrade piques his interest and he accepts.


Red Dust

From beloved Cuban science fiction author Yoss comes a bitingly funny satirical space opera noir starring an android detective chasing intergalactic bad guys. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla and in eAudio on Hoopla. 


Service Model

To fix the world they must first break it, further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they never did before: They can run away. 


World Running Down

In the future, when the Earth is nothing but a wasteland, a dysphoric trans man scrounges for a living in Utah Here he meets an unhappy but handsome android named Osric, who offers him a job that challenges his morals.