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Average rating: 4.17 · 107 ratings · 46 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

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“Automaton: From the Greek automatos. “A machine made in imitation of a human being, that is self-moving, self-acting, and self-willed.”
― Ian Young, The Automaton

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