Following in the tradition of Orwell, Dixon has stepped outside of the box in his imaginations describing what a future world may look like when tech controls the lives of humans.
In a self-running, smart house, a young and sentient Roomba listens as her owner, Harold, reads aloud to his dying wife, Edie. Mesmerized by To Kill a Mockingbird and craving the human connection she witnesses in Harold’s stories, the little vacuum renames herself Scout and embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
But when Edie passes away, Scout and her fellow sentient appliances discover that there are sinister forces in their midst. The omnipresent Grid, which monitors every household in the City, seeks to remove Harold from his home, a place he’s lived in for fifty years. The appliances, joined by their ‘humans,’ cleverly combat those forces to help Harold keep his home.This book considers human connections, sentient technology, and a world where human choices diminish, both through automation and personal freedoms. It tackles what could happen when ‘The Grid’ controls the daily lives of humans. It’s a deceptively easy read that explores the complex world of technology
