The Android Mirror

by Christopher Hall

Is technology turning us into the robots we always dreamed would be our slaves?When advertising man Richard wakes up one morning, something isn’t quite right. And when his life falls apart he starts to believe it was predictable. As he searches for answers a chance meeting with a charismatic professor offers him a choice. What if he could step into a parallel life more in keeping with who he really is? The professor introduces him to his latest research project, using an AI to transform a group of men who have lost their way. A new life beckons but can it ever be one they can call their own?A dystopian story about the ultimate ghost in the machine.

198 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 10, 2018

Reviews

[Bryan Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short, thought-provoking speculative fiction novel. Think “Black Mirror” with added character development and time to philosophise openly. The protagonist is one of the new generation who are socialised by the internet rather than parents and people encountered in the flesh. Christopher Hall explores the both the alienation and the opportunities that this entails, and sets his main man up to come back for more, presumably both older and wiser. I look forward keenly to a sequel.

[Alessandra Cahill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had a distinct narrative voice, but the format felt confused (seemed too detailed to really be a journal), the plot didn't really go anywhere and I found several typos. Not sure what I expected but it wasn't this

[John Slater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very thought provoking book. It does make you think about your place in the world and how we inteact with the digital world. Definitely worth a read

[Sandie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Couldn’t finish it. It just kind of droned on.