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An egotistical computer is just one of the risks facing Althea, the heroine of this debut science fiction novel by C. A. Higgins.

An egotistical computer is just one of the risks facing Althea, the heroine of this debut science fiction novel by C. A. Higgins. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/books/review-lightless-about-the-bratty-machine-on-a-spaceflight.html?emc=%5B%27edit_tnt_20150902%27%5D&nlid=%5B%279935747%27%5D&tntemail0=%5B%27y%27%5D&_r=%5B%270%27%5D

This entry was posted in wsf on September 5, 2015 by Professor Arielle Saiber.

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