Sherlock Holmes: The Thinking Engine (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781783295036)

Man vs Machine

it is 1895, and Sherlock Holmes is settling back into life as a consulting detective at 221B Baker Street, when he and Watson learn of strange goings-on amidst the dreaming spires of Oxford.

A Professor Quantock has built a wondrous computational device, which he claims is capable of analytical thought to rival the cleverest men alive. Naturally Sherlock Holmes cannot ignore this challenge. He and Watson travel to Oxford, where a battle of wits ensues between the great detective and his mechanical counterpart as they compete to see which of them can be first to solve a series of crimes, from a bloody murder to a missing athlete. But as man and machine vie for supremacy, it becomes clear that the Thinking Engine has its own agenda...

Author: James Lovegrove
ISBN-10: 1783295031
ISBN-13: 9781783295036
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
Language: English
Published: 08/25/2015
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/17/2015

About the Author
James Lovegrove is the New York Times best-selling author of The Age of Odin, the third novel in his critically-acclaimed Pantheon military SF series. He was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1998 for his novel Days and for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2004 for his novel Untied Kingdom. He also reviews fiction for the Financial Times. He is the author of Sherlock Holmes: Gods of War and Sherlock Holmes: The Stuff of Nightmares for Titan Books.