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Guardian Angels and Other Monsters

by Daniel H. Wilson
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse comes a fascinating and fantastic collection that explores complex emotional and intellectual landscapes at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human life.
In "All Kinds of Proof," a down-and-out drunk makes the unlikeliest of friends when he is hired to train a mail-carrying robot; in "Blood Memory," a mother confronts the dangerous reality that her daughter will never assimilate in this world after she was the first child born through a teleportation device; in "The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever," a physicist rushes home to be with his daughter after he hears reports of an atmospheric anomaly which he knows to be a sign of the end of the earth; in "Miss Gloria," a robot comes back to life in many different forms in a quest to save a young girl. Guardian Angels and Other Monsters displays the depth and breadth of Daniel H. Wilson's vision and examines how artificial intelligence both saves and destroys humanity.
Stories and Readers: 
"Miss Gloria," read by Emily Rankin
"The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever," read by Kirby Heyborne
"Jack, the Determined," read by Lincoln Hoppe
"The Executor," read by Rob Shapiro
"Helmet," read by Dion Graham
"Blood Memory," read by Adenrele Ojo
"Foul Weather," read by Mark Bramhall
"The Nostalgist," read by Arthur Morey
"Parasite: A Robopocalypse Story," read by Macleod Andrews
"God Mode," read by Danny Campbell
"Garden of Life," read by Stefan Rudnicki
"All Kinds of Proof," read by Dan Woren
"One for Sorrow: A Clockwork Dynasty Story," read by Julia Whelan
"Special Automatic," read by Robbie Daymond

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  • Release date

    March 6, 2018

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780525589976
      • File size: 232339 KB
      • Duration: 08:04:02

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      A skilled, diverse ensemble cast narrates Wilson's immersive, hard-hitting tales of technology, humanity, and their many inevitable intersections. From robots and teleporters to cataclysmic events, Wilson's pieces share common themes, but each is unique in its scope and style, and the choice of a separate narrator for each segment helps ground listeners in the specific reality of each story. Fourteen narrators use slightly different pacing and approaches, yet all move fluidly through Wilson's concepts, making even the most advanced and futuristic ideas accessible and intriguing. In-depth characterizations bring out the humanity in each of these flawed, determined protagonists who are attempting in their own ways to make sense of rapidly changing worlds. K.S.B. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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