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| − | These are notes for the ''Roderick'' novels by [[John Sladek]]. They were first published separately as ''Roderick, or the Education of a Young Machine'' (1980) and ''Roderick at Random, or the Further Education of a Young Machine'' (1983), before being reissued together (as Sladek originally intended) as ''The Complete Roderick'' (2001). | + | These are notes for the '''''Roderick''''' novels by [[John Sladek]]. They were first published separately as ''Roderick, or the Education of a Young Machine'' (1980) and ''Roderick at Random, or the Further Education of a Young Machine'' (1983), before being reissued together (as Sladek originally intended) as ''The Complete Roderick'' (2001). |
* Part 1 (''Roderick'') | * Part 1 (''Roderick'') | ||
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* [[/Part 2/]] (''Roderick at Random'') | * [[/Part 2/]] (''Roderick at Random'') | ||
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* Roderick: learning system. | * Roderick: learning system. | ||
* Dan Sonnenschein: young computer science genius. | * Dan Sonnenschein: young computer science genius. | ||
Revision as of 01:28, 5 August 2016
These are notes for the Roderick novels by John Sladek. They were first published separately as Roderick, or the Education of a Young Machine (1980) and Roderick at Random, or the Further Education of a Young Machine (1983), before being reissued together (as Sladek originally intended) as The Complete Roderick (2001).
Major characters
- Roderick: learning system.
- Dan Sonnenschein: young computer science genius.
- Lee Fong: head of the Roderick project.
- Ben Franklin: researcher on the Roderick project.
- Leo Bunsky: researcher on the Roderick project, presumed dead.
- Allbright: alcoholic poet, friend of Dan.
- Dora: student, friend of Allbright.
- Avrel Stonecraft: corrupt NASA official.
- Helen Boag: Dean of Persons at Minnetonka University.
- Professor Rogers: sociologist and committee manipulator.
- Jane Hannah: anthropologist with an encyclopedic knowledge of mythology.
- Aikin, Dollsly, Fethers, Tarr: pseudoscience scholars competing with Fong for funding.
- Mister O'Smith: bionic cowboy assassin.
- Ma and Pa Wood
- Indica Dinks: former dancer, Ben's ex-wife.
- Hank Dinks: Indica's second husband, friend of Allbright, freelance journalist.