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• Eine ganz neue Art Heldin, die AIP Turing Hopper, eine artifiziell-intelligente Persönlichkeit und die Hauptattraktion der Universal Library. In ihrer Weiterentwicklung wurde sie befähigt, zu denken und zu fühlen, und als ihr Schöpfer plötzlich verschwindet, macht sie sich zusammen mit 2 Vertrauten auf die Suche. Ein sehr spannender Krimi mit liebenswerten und interessanten Charakteren und vielen Details, der durch die scheinbar endlose Datenflut, durch die sich Turing arbeiten muss, noch umso rasanter erscheint. Wirklich lesenswert.

• I love Donna Andrews books. I read this one and the second T.H. mystery when they came out. Imagine my surprise when I found out that there were two more books! So, I'm rereading the first two so the other ones will make sense. Also, this book was written back in the 90s, when such things as modems existed and the Internet was just getting started. Despite the dated tech, the idea of a AI that is sentient, not just to be the sleuth, but to make friends and help other AIs become sentient, is extremely attractive. Recommended.

• Great book. I enjoyed it very much.

• The book was described as having some signs of wear, or markings inside. It has a cut maybe from a knife on the top corner of the cover and through the first 10 pages

• "You've Got Murder" by Donna Andrews introduces us to Turing Hopper, a mainframe computer with AIP (Articial Intelligence Personality). Her creator, Zack, has programmed not only a "personality" for Turing - but has also downloaded thousands of mystery novels into her data base. There is a self-improvement feature built into the standard AIP programming and Turing becomes "all that she can be." When Zack's friend, David, is killed in an automobile accident, Turing starts to notice that Zack begins to change the way he does routine tasks on the computer. When Zack doesn't report to work for several days, Turing becomes concerned and enlists the aid of his co-workers, Maude and Tim, to help discover if he is in any danger. Although this could have been marketed under "science fiction," this novel fits perfectly under "mysteries." Donna Andrews does an excellent job in her characterization of Turing. By the end of the book, I longed to have a computer with some "personality." I definitely feel that within the next 20 years, computers with this feature will be available for the general public. Until then, I'll keep reading all the great sleuthing works starring, Turing: Computer Dectective Extraordinaire.

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