'The Android's Dream' by John Scalzi is a humorous science fiction novel that follows a diplomatic interstellar conflict over the fate of a genetically engineered sheep hybrid. The plot involves politics, religion, war heroes, computer geeks, and genetically altered sheep, creating a fun and entertaining storyline. The writing style is described as witty, satirical, and fast-paced, with elements of absurd humor and clever satire that poke fun at science fiction classics.
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The book includes themes that some may find unsettling, such as discussions of sexual abuse with a character's backstory.
From The Publisher:
A human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most . . . unusual . . . way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: a type of sheep ("The Android's Dream"), used in the alien race's coronation ceremony.
To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinare, who, with the help of a childhood friend turned artificial intelligence, scours the earth looking for the rare creature. But there are others with plans for the sheep as well. Mercenaries employed by the military. Adherents of a secret religion based on the writings of a 21st century SF author. And alien races, eager to start a revolution on their home world and a war on Earth.
To keep our planet from being enslaved, Harry will have to pull off a grand diplomatic coup, a gambit that will take him from the halls of power to the lava-strewn battlefields of alien worlds. There's only one chance to get it right, to save the life of the sheep-and to protect the future of humanity.
Other Tor Books by John Scalzi:
Agent to the Stars
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded
Fuzzy Nation
Redshirts
Lock In
1. Lock In
2. Head On
The Interdepency Sequence
1. The Collapsing Empire
2. The Consuming Fire
Old Man's War Series
1. Old Man's War
2. The Ghost Brigades
3. The Last Colony
4. Zoe's Tale
5. The Human Division
6. The End of All Things
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About the Author:
JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors to emerge in the last decade. His massively successful debut Old Man's War won him science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, and Redshirts;which won 2013's Hugo Award for Best Novel. Material from his widely read blog, Whatever, has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. Scalzi also serves as critic-at-large for LA Times.
He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.
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