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    Service Model

    Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Narrated by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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    About this audiobook

    This program is read by Hugo Award–winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.

    Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time.

    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.

    Fleeing the household they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating into ruins and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is having to find a new purpose.

    Sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJun 4, 2024
    ISBN9781250351210
    Service Model
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    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, has practised law and now writes full time. He's also studied stage-fighting, perpetrated amateur dramatics and has a keen interest in entomology and table-top games. Adrian is the author of the critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series, the Echoes of the Fall series and other novels, novellas and short stories. Children of Time won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award, and Children of Ruin and Shards of Earth both won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel. The Tiger and the Wolf won the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel, while And Put Away Childish Things won the BSFA Award for Best Shorter Fiction.

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    • 5/5
      “Service Model” was my first introduction to the work of Adrian Tchaikovsky. What a delightful experience listening to him tell this story about Uncharles, a kind and mannered robot, whose dystopian travels seek to find purpose in a world no longer designed for him. At times I found myself laughing out loud at the way Tchaikovsky exposes human foibles as well as the many homages, most of which I am sure I missed, he pays to the fantasy and syfy worlds he hails from. I cannot wait to dig into his other writings.
    • 5/5
      another banger by Tchaikovsky. Truly excellent narration by the author.
    • 5/5
      Loved the book. Fun, amusing, and thought provoking, with narration by the author that really brought the characters and story to life.
    • 5/5
      The story is carried by the quirky charm of the stray robot, confusedly seeking someone to serve.
    • 5/5
      Makes the end of the world funny, compelling, and thought-provoking.
    • 5/5
      Incredible! Such a deep story. Really enjoyed this narrator as well.