Android
Karenina - Leo Tolstoy & Ben H Winters
Another of the "mash-up" novels by Quirk, this is surprisingly
enjoyable as it tells of the Russian Society after the discovery of
the wonder metal Groznium, which allows for almost sentient
robotics to give each of the gentry a robot companion or a "Class
III" while other "lower classes of robots", the Class I and Class
II do all the menial work in the lives of the country.
In a society where there are alien invaders, terrorists and a
political plot, the life of Anna Karenina and her Class III
companion robot, Android Karenina, is embroiled in terrible events
which may change the fate of Russia, all the while Anna Karenina
hurtles towards her own personal tragedy as she follows her heart
to horrific consequences.
Turns the almost plodding original into a silly but engrossing
read, although the pace is uneven most of the time, it's still
quite a good waste of time.
3 out of 5.