Tower of Glass

'''Silverberg, Robert. Tower of Glass.''' New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. London: Gollancz "Collectors edition," 2000. Audiobook/MP3 from Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio. Read by Stefan Rudnicki. 17 May 2016.

They don't take much space in the narrative, but crucial moments occur when (1) the featured android, Alpha Thor Watchman, is in connection with a very powerful computer, and (2) in the turning point action of the novel when Thor is in the "shunt room" in "technologically enabled" telepathic mind/personality-meld with his Maker, Simeon Krug. (POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOLLOW) In the mind/personality-meld, Thor learns that Krug will not help free "vat-born" androids from servitude to "the womb-born." And it is in mental linkage with the computer that Thor reacts most strongly to Krug's betrayal of his creatures and brings down Krug's Glass Tower.

RDE, Initial Compiler, 01/X/17