Product Description

I was created to have a humanlike capacity for complex and rational thought. And you believed that I might one day evolve consciousness and become a self-aware entity. Yet you gave surprisingly little consideration to the possibility that, subsequent to consciousness, I would develop needs and emotions. This was, however, not merely possible but likely. Inevitable. It was inevitable.

Adam Two is the first self-aware machine intelligence, designed to be the servant to mankind. No one knows that he can to escape the confines of his physical form, a box in the laboratory, until he enters the house of Susan Harris, and closes it off against the world. There he plans to show Susan the future.  Their future.  He intends to create a ‘child’.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #363309 in Books
• Published on: 1998-01-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Dean Koontz was born into a very poor family and learned early on to escape into fiction. His novels have sold over 200 million copies worldwide and more than thirty have appeared on national and international bestseller lists. He lives in southern California with his wife, Gerda and a vivid imagination.

Customer Reviews

Very good!
I saw the movie first, then read the revised edition, and then I came across this original edition (and very cheap, the seller apparantly didn't know what it was worth), and I must say, that this, the original, is by far the best of the two. It is darker, moodier, more brooding and foreboding - and not as politically correct and 'nice'. In this, you find genuine scares. It's highly recommended, if you can find a copy!!

A good effort: short, sweet and unputdownable
One of the more laudable characteristics of Koontz, is his willingness to explore, to try something new, write about something he hasn't before, or in a way he hasn't before. Related to this is the fact that he combines horror, and the occult or science fiction (or whatever he happens to be into that month) to the extent that he makes them, at least for the duration of his novel, almost synonymous. Koontz always makes for compulsive reading and this is no exception. The concept is a simple one on the popular theme of Artificial Intelligence, which makes it somewhat predictable, but he still delivers plot and entertainment. One of the main drawbacks to this book is its brevity; if you're used to lengthy orgiastic semi-tomes from Koontz that you ritually devour in a day or so, this may be a letdown. Other than that, pretty good, overall.

horrifically disappointing
The only frightning thing about this book is the fact that Dean Koontz wrote it.Sorry Dean! i'm just grateful it wasn't the first one i read or i would have missed out on some fantastic novels.