Gods And Androids

Andre Norton sure is one imaginative, creative guy; because I know I sure would have had to ingest a hell of a lot of hallucinogens to come up with the plot line to Gods and Androids. This novel reaches the diverse genres of mythology, Egyptology, science fiction and robot fiction. There truly is something for every brand of nerd in this novel, and I say this as someone who considers themselves a mythology and science fiction nerd and was extremely satisfied with this novel. In the Psychocrat universe, mad scientists experiment on humans. The Mengians, heirs of the Psychocrat, have kidnapped humans from their homeworlds before important events are meant to take place, and replaced them with android duplicates. A storm disables the security system in the prison holding the kidnapped humans, and none remember being captured or imprisoned. The escapees head to Inyanga, where Andas tackles a question almost impossible to wrap his mind around - was he an android or the Emperor, imprisoned on a far-away planet while an android impersonated him on his world? This epic quest tale leaves the reader wondering what difference it makes if you can't tell the difference between the person and the android. Of course it makes a difference... right? Gods and Androids previously appeared separately as Androids at Arms and Wraiths of Time, and is now published as one complete edition.