by Adrian Tchaikovsky · Pan Macmillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781035045686
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«Service Model» is the science fiction and dystopian humour novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky, published by Pan Macmillan in paperback (400 pages, in English).
Charles is a domestic service robot who, after a malfunction leads him to murder his master, finds himself without an owner and flees into a decaying world. He then discovers a society where the human hierarchy is crumbling and robots seek a new purpose, while he faces absurd tasks and irrational characters that challenge his programming.
First book in the Service Model series; finalist for best novel at the 2025 Hugo Awards and nominated for the Locus and Arthur C. Clarke Awards.
Recommended for readers of humorous and dystopian science fiction, especially fans of Douglas Adams's humour.
Adrian Czajkowski is a British fantasy and science fiction author. Heavily influenced by the natural world, his books frequently deal with themes of artificial intelligence and alienness, often in the context of non-human characters. He is best known for his series Shadows of the Apt, and for his Hugo Award-winning Children of Time series.
