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Average rating: 4.22 · 98 ratings · 40 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Automaton 4.18 avg rating — 83 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ian Young liked Katherine Kempf's review of Ashen Light: "Witty like Andy Weir with the detective space mystery of Leviathan Wakes, especially the Miller chapters. A page turner as you race to figure out where the story will lead and what new pieces of Ian Young’s The Automaton world you can glean from it. " Read more of this review »
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Ian Young and 202 other people liked Mary Ellen's review of The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1): "Sadly, goodreads has yet to allow a kill-it-with-fire rating, so I'll have to content myself with a one star review and a nice cup of tea to quell the overpowering nausea. Not due to the "shocking" ending, which I would have welcomed somewhere around" Read more of this review »
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Ian Young and 2 other people liked Nancy Foster's review of Artificial Selection: A Near-Future Science Fiction Mystery Novel (The ArkTech Series Book 1): "I am one of the judges of team Space Girls for the SPSFC5 contest. This review is my personal opinion. Officially, it is still in the running for the contest, pending any official team announcements. Status: Yes Read: 30% Continuing with my scouting pha" Read more of this review »
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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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