Codgerspace

TitleCodgerspace
Year for Search1992
AuthorsFoster, Alan Dean(b. 1946)
Pagination228 pp.
Date Published1992
PublisherAce Books
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Satiric novel set in a future where Earth is mostly a vacation spot and retirement home for the galaxy. An accident leads an AI that creates most of the other AIs to reprogram to search for life that is more intelligent than humans. Such life is accidentally found in a cavern in a retirement village by five retirees. This leads to considerable turmoil throughout the galaxy, but all the potential conflicts are at least temporarily settled.

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(b. 1946)

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1992 Foster, Alan Dean (b. 1946). Codgerspace. New York: Ace Books. 228 pp. PU

Satiric novel set in a future where Earth is mostly a vacation spot and retirement home for the galaxy. An accident leads an AI that creates most of the other AIs to reprogram to search for life that is more intelligent than humans. Such life is accidentally found in a cavern in a retirement village by five retirees. This leads to considerable turmoil throughout the galaxy, but all the potential conflicts are at least temporarily settled.