The Automatic Detective

Posted on 24 March 2018 by A. Lee Martinez

Even in Empire City, a town where weird science is the hope for tomorrow, it s hard for a robot to make his way It s even harder for a robot named Mack Megaton, a hulking machine designed to bring mankind to its knees But Mack s not interested in world domination He s just a bot trying to get by, trying to demonstrate that he isn t just an automated smashing machine, and to earn his citizenship in the process It should be as easy as crushing a tank for Mack, but some bots just can t catch a break.When Mack s neighbors are kidnapped, Mack sets off on a journey through the dark alleys and gleaming skyscrapers of Empire City Along the way, he runs afoul of a talking gorilla, a brainy dame, a mutant lowlife, a little green mob boss, and the secret conspiracy at the heart of Empire s founders not to mention trouble than he bargained for What started out as one missing family becomes a battle for the future of Empire and every citizen that calls her home. 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Lee Martinez – kino-fada.fr Self preservation was a basic directive, but there wasn t a robot functioning that prioritized it at the top of the list Like biologicals all robots were seeking a purpose Autos and drones were lucky enough to have that built into them A bot had to find his own way and I d figured out that functioning for function s sake was pointless The real question was finding a directive worth getting scrapped for Mack Megaton was at the bottom of the sludge heap of Empire City, a city where weird sci Self preservation was a basic directive, but there wasn t a robot functioning that prioritized it at the top of the list Like biologicals all robots were seeking a purpose Autos and drones were lucky enough to have that built into them A bot had to find his own way and I d figured out that functioning for function s sake was pointless The real question was finding a directive worth getting scrapped for Mack Megaton was at the bottom of the sludge heap of Empire City, a city where weird science and toxic chemicals were turning biologicals into all kinds of interesting mutants His best friend is a talking, book reading addicted Gorilla The guy that keeps him out of trouble is a rodent biological by the name of Detective Sanchez Mack is driving a cab and damn lucky to have that job instead of being in pieces at the spare part boneyard You see, he tried to take over the world It wasn t his fault he was programmed for world domination He was supposed to bring biologicals to their...Damn, some days I wished I d been made a toaster.Mack Megaton is a robot He s built for destruction, but spends his days driving a cab When his neighbor and her family go missing, Mack steps out from behind the wheel, and turns amateur P.I to find them.The first half of the book moves much like a standard detective novel There s delightfully crackly dialogue, and some great descriptions of a city in decline Crime was a dirty public secret in Empire No one talked about it, and if you listene Damn, some days I wished I d been made a toaster.Mack Megaton is a robot ...Adams Chandler Jambalaya aka The Automatic Detective Gently brown one abducted family in heavy cast iron sci fi universe seasoned with mutant inducing radiation.Remove family, leaving well oiled universe.In the same universe, saut e A seven hundred sixteen pound robot cab driver trying to keep a low profile until he clears probation One genius blonde dame with a thing for robots One overworked mutant detective who resembles a white ratCook until tender, or at least everybody understand Adams Chandler Jambalaya aka The Automatic Detective Gently brown one abducted family in heavy cast iron sci fi universe seasoned with mutant inducing radiation.Remove family, leav...This novel is blending noir mystery with quasi science fiction theme and a surprisingly rather humorous story Noir and humor in one story, difficult mix As I read this novel alongside The Long Way Down, I compare the noir aspects of both novel first For review of The Long Way Down please check hereNoir mystery theme checklist First person POV investigator passed Title had suggested it And the POV s voice sometimes logical when he was talking with organic life forms, but other times rel This novel is blending noir mystery with quasi science fiction theme and a surprisingly rather humorous story Noir and humor in one story, difficult mix As I read this novel alongside The Long Way Down, I compare the noir aspects of both novel first For review of The Long Way Down please check hereNoir mystery theme checklist First...One of the first books I ve discovered through Goodreads I don t normally ask for recommendations my TBR pile will last me a couple of years , but I was in the mood for something fun, and I picked A Lee Martinez from the comedy shelf of one of my friends here Lucky me R Daneel Oliwav is one of my all time favorite characters in SF, and I read each Robot books by Asimov 3 or 4 times already Mack Megaton is not that kind of robot though He s the ultimate killing machine, designed by a mad s One of the first books I ve discovered through Goodreads I don t normally ask for recommendations my TBR pile will last me a couple of years , but I was in the mood for something fun, and I picked A Lee Martinez from the comedy shelf of one of my friends here Lucky me R Daneel Oliwav is one of my all time favorite characters in SF, and I read each Robot books by Asimov 3 or 4 times already Mack Megaton is not that kind of robot though He s the ultimate killing machine, designed by a mad supervillain to be unstoppable and to enjoy smashing things up and squeezing throats until the eyes pop out and the tongues turn purple That is, until he developed the Freewill Glitch and refused to follow orders to kill Now he is applying for citizenship of the most progressive metropolis on Earth Empire city and makes a poor living as a taxi driver.The plot and the dialogue are vintage Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, transplan...This book makes my brain hurt It s a story published in 2008, set in the future but written in a 1940s noir style from the point of view of someone in the 1970s If that doesn t make your head spin, you re not a biological as they say in this world.Our hero is Mack Megaton, a 716 lb robot, built by an evil criminal mastermind to be an enforcer but now working as a cabbie in Empire, aka Mutantburg Robotville The Big Gray Haze, or The City That Never Functions When one of his human friends This book makes my brain hurt It s a story published in 2008, set in the future but written in a 1940s noir style from the point of view of someone in the 1970s If that doesn t make your head spin, you re not a biological as they say in this world.Our hero is Mack Megaton, a 716 lb robot, built by an evil criminal mastermind to be an enforcer but now working as a cabbie in Empire, aka Mutantburg Robotville The Big Gray Haze, or The City That Never Functions When one of his human friends and her children get kidnapped by a four armed mutant, Mack sets out to track them ...4.5 Name s Mack Megaton I m a bot Or automated citizen, as the Learned Council liked to phrase it This is a ridiculously entertaining story You follow a huge bot Mack Megaton on his journey to find his purpose He is one of a kind bot, though Built as an almost invincible war machine, he is on probation for a full citizenship in Empire Cityif yo...Look, I wrote a detective novel No one reads those any People likemodern things nowadays Robots and suchlike Robots, eh With just glance at her, I knew in a second that this dame wastrouble than she was worth, even if she did have the longest legs I had ever seen, right up to here. Just need to edit this a bit and With just one scan, I knew in a microsecond that this biological wa...Being the first adventure of Mack Megaton, Private Eye The Automatic Detective is a combination of The Maltese Falcon and Iron Man, a wicked blend of hardboiled noir, fantastic sci fi and cynical humour.Set in the fictional Empire City, Mack is a robot with the Freewill Glitch who s in the process of applying for citizenship Empire City is home to all kinds of mutations, in addition to Mack the former killing machine gone straight his cab driving buddy Jung is a monkey and his friend Sanchez Being the first adventure of Mack Megaton, Private Eye The Automatic Detective is a combination of The Maltese Falcon an...This is a classic detective novel think Chandler Hammet told from the point of view of Mack Megaton, a sentient robot in a futuristic cesspool of a city think Stan Lee on a bender After that things get even stranger, but that s OK It made me laugh think in equal proportions the action never stopped Mack s comments on biologicals, their propensity for bulk fueling, disposal of the used product, inefficient mating drives were great Electricity cold logic work This is a classic detective novel think Chandler Hammet told from the point of view of Mack Megaton, a sentient rob...

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24 March 2018

A. Lee Martinez