When Harlie Was One

David Gerrold

Original title: When HARLIE Was One

earliest edition we have, 1972 AEonian Press, 1977

A stunning first novel that grapples with the definition of consciousness and what it is to be human. The novel is primarily a series of conversations between a computer programmer / psychologist and his invention, H.A.R.L.I.E., a self-programming computer that has total access to information and knowledge through something similar to the Internet. As the computer matures, the question of what it means to be human b...

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When Harlie Was One paperback · 1988 · Spectra · 9780553264654
When Harlie was one edition · 1977 · AEonian Press
WHEN HARLIE WAS ONE paperback · 1972 · Ballantine · 279 pages · 9780345028853

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