First published 2019
In 1816, a young Mary Shelley pens a story about a scientist creating new life. Centuries later, a transgender doctor falls for an AI pioneer, a divorcé plans to sell sex dolls, and cryogenically frozen bodies await reanimation. As humanity nears a future where AIs surpass our intelligence, Jeanette Winterson's fiercely imaginative novel explores the intimate relationships that may shape our evolution.
Genres: fiction, dystopia, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, contemporary, biographical-fiction, 21st-century, artificial-intelligence
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: United States
Period: 1816, 21st-Century
344 pages · ebook · Vintage Digital
Content warnings: body-horror, death, medical-trauma