I've read the Asimov stories, but not in like 20 years or so, so my memory of them is pretty hazy. I definitely agree about the Imperial Radh stories; they're actually kind of similar in concept (although not in style/theme) to Becky Chambers' books, and I think that's part of the concept that I find appealing--AI's having to adapt to a different kind of body/way of moving through the world than they were originally 'designed' to do.
I'm tangentially familiar with Ex Machina, but it's not a style of SF that I find especially appealing--especially with visual media, I tend not to gravitate toward that kind of fiction. I haven't read Catherynne Valente's books, although having just picked up 'The Refrigerator Monologues' I'm really interested in getting into the rest of her writing right now.
As far as other media, ummm.... off the top of my head, that's one of the plotlines in Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 (one of many; it's a long and complicated book, although I really enjoyed it; he's kind of hit or miss for me as an author, but that was definitely a hit). ALso, 'Autonomous' by Annalee Newitz. It's one of the few AI/robot books I've read that uses an explicitly trans framing for discussing the AI character's gender identity.
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Date: 2018-12-17 12:53 am (UTC)I'm tangentially familiar with Ex Machina, but it's not a style of SF that I find especially appealing--especially with visual media, I tend not to gravitate toward that kind of fiction. I haven't read Catherynne Valente's books, although having just picked up 'The Refrigerator Monologues' I'm really interested in getting into the rest of her writing right now.
As far as other media, ummm.... off the top of my head, that's one of the plotlines in Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 (one of many; it's a long and complicated book, although I really enjoyed it; he's kind of hit or miss for me as an author, but that was definitely a hit). ALso, 'Autonomous' by Annalee Newitz. It's one of the few AI/robot books I've read that uses an explicitly trans framing for discussing the AI character's gender identity.