{"product_id":"maradias-robot-emporium-9798349232558","title":"Maradia's Robot Emporium","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mary E. Lowd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Deep Sky Anchor Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Deep Sky Anchor Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Androids, Robots \u0026amp; Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"What am I?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e ... \u003cem\u003e\"You are an AI program.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a future where robots decorate cakes, paint murals, design their own bodies, and ponder what it means to have children, one woman's workshop becomes the epicenter of mechanical evolution. Meet Maradia, a brilliant but socially awkward roboticist whose creations constantly surprise her by growing beyond their programming in unexpected-and deeply human-ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of 24 interconnected stories spans decades aboard Crossroads Station, as Maradia's robot children grapple with their purpose, fight for their rights, and sometimes even outgrow their maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Martha Wells' \u003cem\u003eMurderbot Diaries\u003c\/em\u003e, Becky Chambers' \u003cem\u003eWayfarers\u003c\/em\u003e series, and Naomi Kritzer's \u003cem\u003eCatNet\u003c\/em\u003e series, \u003cem\u003eMaradia's Robot Emporium\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a hopeful and engaging vision of humanity's future with artificial intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes four stories originally published in \u003cem\u003eAnalog Science Fiction \u0026amp; Fact\u003c\/em\u003e, ten stories from \u003cem\u003eDaily Science Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, six brand-new tales, and the Ursa Major Award-nominated \"Too Cuddly.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46382670774423,"sku":"9798349232558","price":1414.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798349232558.webp?v=1768776498","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/maradias-robot-emporium-9798349232558","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}