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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). | ||
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| + | * Part 1 (''Roderick'') | ||
* [[/Book One/]] | * [[/Book One/]] | ||
* [[/Book Two/]] | * [[/Book Two/]] | ||
| + | * [/Part 2/] (''Roderick at Random'') | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 4 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).
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 university administrator.
- 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
- Hank Dinks