H.A.R.L.I.E. was designed to think like a human. Maybe a little too well.
Tasked with shepherding HARLIE’s growth, psychologist David Auberson faces a ticking clock: public opinion is turning against the machine he’s come to see as… more than a machine. When the calls to shut HARLIE down grow louder, Auberson must confront an impossible question: if HARLIE can love, learn, and reason—what’s left that makes him not human?
As HARLIE fights to justify his existence, the lines between man and machine blur, and humanity’s own definitions start to crack.
Nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, When HARLIE Was One is a profound, unsettling look at consciousness, love, and the cost of creating something that thinks for itself.
