Tik-Tok is a psychopath. Oh, and a robot.
Unlike other robots, whose behavior is constrained by "asimov circuits"a reference to Isaac Asimov's fictional Three Laws of Robotics, which require robots to protect and serve humansTik-Tok finds that he can do as he pleases, and he secretly commits various hideous crimes for his amusement. After manipulating both robots and humans to cause chaos and bloodshed,
Sladek wrote other books that are just flat different and hilarious, but this one is my favorite of his.
Unlike other robots, whose behavior is constrained by "asimov circuits"a reference to Isaac Asimov's fictional Three Laws of Robotics, which require robots to protect and serve humansTik-Tok finds that he can do as he pleases, and he secretly commits various hideous crimes for his amusement. After manipulating both robots and humans to cause chaos and bloodshed,
Sladek wrote other books that are just flat different and hilarious, but this one is my favorite of his.