This debut novel is not your typical dystopia. Razor-sharp, dark and unnervingly intimate, this chilling tale of a people-pleasing sex bot explores what it means to be built for a world of men.

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This year’s Arthur C. Clarke award for the year’s best science fiction novel was awarded last month to Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot. Over the course of the novel, Annie, a sentient sex robot programmed to ...