Virtual Girl (novel)
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Virtual Girl is a science fiction
novel by Amy Thomson
published in 1993 by Ace Books
. The book is about a man who illegally creates a robotic companion with artificial intelligence
. The author won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer with the book.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novel by Amy Thomson
Amy Thomson
Amy Thomson is an American science fiction author. In 1994 she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Most of her work is considered hard science fiction and contains feminist and environmental themes.- Novels :* Virtual Girl...
published in 1993 by Ace Books
Ace Books
Ace Books is the oldest active specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books. The company was founded in New York City in 1952 by Aaron A. Wyn, and began as a genre publisher of mysteries and westerns...
. The book is about a man who illegally creates a robotic companion with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
. The author won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer with the book.