How to Build an Android: The True Story of Philip K. Dick's Robotic Resurrection (Audiobook)

from palmaceae

After finishing How to Build an Android, I wondered why anyone would bother writing a book about the Philip K. Dick Android. Sure, it was interesting, but the topic seemed more suitable for publication in the form of a series of magazine articles. There just didn't seem to be enough relevant info...

from LCB48

A fun, fast read for anyone with even a passing interest in robotics or Phillip K. Dick. A lifelike head was made with motors attached to make facial expressions. Software was created that searched a databank with all of Dick's work and interviews so it was able to have real time conversations. T...

from clfisha

Philip K Dick was an iconic Sci Fi author. Think Bladerunner, think total recall. Think of identity crisis and paranoia and ponder the question he raised; In the future how will you tell if you are human? If you a building a cutting edge robotic head who else could you choose? This is a story of ...

from quilted_kat

How to build an android is the unlikely but true story of an incredibly life-like robot that was built in the likeness of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. And then, in a series of ironic events that seem to be straight out of one of Dick's own pulp sci-fi novels, the robot's head was stolen...

from richardderus

Rating: 3.5* of five The Book Description: In late January 2006, a young robotocist on the way to Google headquarters lost an overnight bag on a flight somewhere between Dallas and Las Vegas. In it was a fully functional head of the android replica of Philip K. Dick, cult science-fiction writer ...