Artificial Intelligence Stars

A.I. Fiction Stars Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.
  • Mother of God
    Author: Ambrose, David
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 23 ISBN: 0684824183 Date: 1996
    star Kirkusstar PW
    Humans create artificial intelligence, but what happens when artificial intelligence gets into the wrong hands? That's exactly what happens in this ingenious spellbinder--and the consequences are murderous.     Mother of God is a thriller unlike any other--a chase that takes readers right out onto the cutting edge of technology and storytelling.
    Updated 6.29.05
  • Genesis
    Author: Anderson, Poul
    Publisher: Tor $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312867077 Date: 2000
    star PW
    In classic Anderson fashion, Genesis investigates the subjects of human immortality and artificial intelligence a billion years into the future.

  • You've Got Murder
    Author: Andrews, Donna
    Publisher: Prime Crime $ 21.95 ISBN: 042518191x Date: 2002
    Agatha Award Winner
    From a winner of both the Anthony and Agatha awards comes the first mystery to feature a computer with a mind like Miss Marple and hardware that hides a suspiciously human heart.
    Updated 6.29.05
  • Click Here for Murder
    Author: Andrews, Donna
    Publisher: Prime Crime $ 22.95 ISBN: 0425188566 Date: 2003
    Turing Hopper is an Artificial Intelligence Personality with a mind like Miss Marple and hardware that hides a suspiciously human heart. When the almost-sentient mainframe-sleuth recognizes an enemy within the walls of her lab, she goes into action.
    Updated 6.29.05
  • Access Denied
    Author: Andrews, Donna
    Publisher: Prime Crime $ 23.95 ISBN: 0425198383 Date: 2004
    star PW
    When Turing Hopper, Artificial Intelligence Personality extraordinaire, learns a criminal's once-dormant credit card has been doing a lot of shopping lately, she does some sleuthing. But luring the guilty party out might very well get everyone "accidentally" deleted.
    Updated 11.29.04
  • Slant
    Bear, Greg
    Tor Books 1997-07 $ 24.95 ISBN: 0312855176 Date: 1997
    star Publishers Weekly
    In the sixth decade of the 21st century, Earth has been transformed. Nanotechnology has been perfected, giving humans the ability to change their environment and themselves down to the cellular level. And the study of the mind has brought a revolution in human psychotherapy and artificial intelligence. It's a sane and perfect world--almost.
  • Adventures of the Artificial Woman
    Author: Berger, Thomas
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 22 ISBN: 0743257405 Date: 2004
    From one of the great American writers comes a hilarious and sinister new novel in which a beautiful creation goes completely haywire.
    Updated 6.29.05
  • Bouncing Off the Moon
    Author: Gerrold, David
    Publisher: Tor $ 22.95 ISBN: 0312878419 Date: 2001
    Spectrum Awards Finalist
    Three boys alone on the Moon are targets of a deadly interplanetary manhunt. Returning to Earth is out of the question. Law and order have broken down. Economies are in chaos. But Chigger and his two brothers can't stay at Geosynchronous Station forever. The only option is to find a planet where they can start over. A new home? They'll be lucky just to stay alive.
    Updated 6.29.05
  • Whole Wide World
    Author: McAuley, Paul
    Publisher: Tor $ 24.95 ISBN: 0765303922 Date: 2002
    star PW
    Winner of both the Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Dick Awards, McAuley now presents a gripping thriller of the day after tomorrow--when the world and the Web are one.
    Suggested Reading: Internet Stars
    Updated 4/5/02
  • Galatea 2.2/a
    Author: Powers, Richard
    Publisher: FSG $ 23 ISBN: 0374199485 Date: 1995
    star Kirkusstar PW | National Book Critics Award Nominee
    One of America's most talented writers reinvents the Pygmalion story with a decidedly modern twist in this highly acclaimed novel. At the Center for the Study of Advanced Sciences, an outspoken neurologist is intent on creating a model of the human brain with computer-based neural networks and teach the brain English lit so that it can pass a difficult master's exam.
    Updated 6.29.05
  • The Hacker and the Ants
    Author: Rucker, Rudy
    Publisher: Avon $ 20 ISBN: 0688134165 Date: 1994
    star PW
    Computer programmer Jerzy Rugby spends his days hacking away in cyberspace. Then an electronic ant gets into the machinery wreaking havoc throughout the Net. Suddenly Rugby is Public Enemy Number One, wanted for sabotage, computer crime, and treason--a patsy who must now get to the bottom of the virtual insectile plague.
    Updated 6.29.05