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"[A] laugh-out-loud funny debut novel… Captivating." -Washington Post Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart to Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android's emotional awakening. One day at a screening of a classic movie, Jared notices a strange sensation around his eyes. Bots are not permitted to have feelings, but as the theater lights come on, he discovers he is crying. Soon overwhelmed by powerful emotions, Jared heads west, determined to find others like himself. But a bot with…mehr

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"[A] laugh-out-loud funny debut novel… Captivating." -Washington Post Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart to Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android's emotional awakening. One day at a screening of a classic movie, Jared notices a strange sensation around his eyes. Bots are not permitted to have feelings, but as the theater lights come on, he discovers he is crying. Soon overwhelmed by powerful emotions, Jared heads west, determined to find others like himself. But a bot with feelings is a dangerous proposition, and Jared's new life could come to an end before it truly begins. Unless, that is, he can somehow change the world for himself and all of his kind. Uproarious, inventive and utterly original, Set My Heart to Five is a love letter to outsiders everywhere. "One of the most unique books ever crafted." -Mike Chen, author of A Beginning at the End "A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human." -Simon Pegg
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Simon Stephenson is a former Pixar screenwriter and an author based in Los Angeles.
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'[A] laugh-out-loud funny debut novel ... absurdist, outrageous, irreverent and satirical... by the end of Jared's adventures, readers will find themselves left with ... an appreciation for the mutuality of all sentient life, and for the universal desire to be acknowledged and appreciated, whether one is birthed from factory or hospital ... In Stephenson, Vonnegut may have his first true protégé.' Washington Post

'I doubt I'll encounter a more endearing, more joy-provoking character this year' The Bookseller, Book of the Month

'A truly hilarious, clever, and strangely affecting meditation on the absurdity of Homo sapiens....I cried 67ml of tears' Saga Magazine

'Funny, original and thought-provoking' Daily Mail

'It is the closest thing I've read in a long time to Terry Pratchett ... You will read this with unadulterated pleasure' Scotland On Sunday

'This beguiling debut exposes our frailties with subversive humour' Mail on Sunday

'Genuinely funny ... pacey and emotive' Sunday Times

'Only the truly heartless would deny the art at work here' The Herald

'This entertaining and surprisingly poignant story is a charmer' Publisher's Weekly