Galatea 2.2: A Novel

by Richard Powers

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National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Fiction, 1995)

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Amazon.com (ISBN 0060976926, Paperback)

Cognitive neurologist and well-known writer team up to produce a machine that can pass a comprehensive exam in English literature, with predictably unpredictable results. Like The Gold Bug Variations, this is another of Powers' wild, unforgettable novels encompassing science, philosophy, and the frailty of mankind.

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