Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2009-08-12 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 68 Blade, Zoë 1981 Blade, Zoe Frikki, Aiko Less than Human Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Al Haines "Less than Human" by Zoë Blade is a short story written in the early 21st century. This fictional narrative explores themes of identity, morality, and the blurring lines between humans and machines in a futuristic society where human assassins are a rarity amid the rise of artificial counterparts. The story revolves around a protagonist who grapples with her emotional detachment after carrying out an assassination, questioning what it means to be human in a world increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence. The plot follows a skilled assassin named Suzi, who completes a hit on Jon Russell, a target whose copyright violations have led to serious repercussions. As she navigates her profession, she discovers her own humanity is slipping away under the pressures of her work and the modifications made to her body. After a mysterious incident leads her to encounter a doppelgänger who is also a highly advanced android, their shared fate compels them to confront the true nature of their existence. Together, they decide to forge a new path, opting to freelance while reclaiming their humanity and agency, ultimately evolving from mere tools of their employer's business into independent agents of their own destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Assassins -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 53681 52960 2024-10-12T16:43:21.397140 2023-09-13T07:25:10.670025 text/html text/html 49887 2009-08-12T11:56:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 100479 2009-08-12T11:56:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 106728 2024-10-12T16:43:23.192133 application/epub+zip 105485 2024-10-12T16:43:21.780160 application/epub+zip 83177 2024-10-12T16:43:21.607152 application/epub+zip 142318 2024-10-12T16:43:24.476120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 134774 2024-10-12T16:43:22.986143 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112419 2022-09-13T16:34:18.995507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 45578 45574 2024-10-12T16:43:21.269129 2023-09-13T07:25:10.565050 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 46850 2009-08-12T11:56:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 18607 2009-08-12T11:56:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 46843 2009-08-12T11:56:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18585 2009-08-12T11:56:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21783 2024-10-12T16:43:24.605117 application/rdf+xml 27999 2024-10-12T16:43:21.669138 image/jpeg 4401 2024-10-12T16:43:21.638148 image/jpeg 101211 2024-10-12T16:43:21.406153 application/octet-stream application/zip