TY - ABST T1 - "The Upgrade" Y1 - 2006 A1 - Karl [D.] Iagnemma (b. 1972) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Something of a flawed utopia. The story is about a man who has what he thinks of as the perfect female robot who cooks, cleans, and provides sex whenever and however he wants it. He has an upgrade installed that gives her the ability to reason, and she walks out on him.

JF - Nerve.com UR - http://www.nerve.com/fiction/iagnemma/leaveyourrobotlover? Posted June 2006. Accessed October 10, 2011. N1 -

Rpt. in 2033: The Future of Misbehavior. Interplanetary Dating, Madame President, Socialized Plastic Surgery, and Other Good News from the Future. Ed. The Editors of Nerve.Com Instigated by Svedka [a vodka] (San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2007), 36-45. 

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