Summary: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Code-Carole-Stivers/dp/1984806920/"></a>This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome <a href="https://www.carolestivers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carole Stivers</a>, whose debut novel – <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Code-Carole-Stivers/dp/1984806920/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">THE MOTHER CODE</a> is available today – August 25th!<br> About <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Code-Carole-Stivers/dp/1984806920/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">THE MOTHER CODE</a>: Kai is born in America’s desert Southwest, his only companion his robotic Mother, Rho-Z. Equipped with the knowledge and motivations of a human mother, Rho-Z raises Kai and teaches him how to survive. But as children like Kai come of age, their Mothers transform too—in ways that were never predicted. And when government survivors decide that the Mothers must be destroyed, Kai is faced with a choice. Will he break the bond he shares with Rho-Z? Or will he fight to save the only parent he has ever known?<br> Set in a future that could be our own, The Mother Code explores what truly makes us human—and the tenuous nature of the boundaries between us and the machines we create.<br> ABOUT <a href="https://www.carolestivers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carole Stivers</a>: Carole Stivers was born in East Cleveland, Ohio. She received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She went on to post-doctoral work at Stanford University before launching a career in medical diagnostics. She now lives in California, where she’s combined her love of writing and her fascination with the possibilities of science to create her first novel, The Mother Code.<br> This week’s picks:<br> <br> * Carole #1: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Migrations-Charlotte-McConaghy/dp/125020402X/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Migrations: A Novel by Charlotte McConaghy</a><br> * Carole #2: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sirens-Mars-Searching-Another-World/dp/110190481X/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World by Sarah Stewart Johnson</a><br> * Tracy: <a href="https://www.planbgames.com/en/century/28-century-golem.html">Century: Golem Edition (Board Game)</a><br> * Patrick: <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81019087" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">High Score (Netflix))</a><br> <br> Links:<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaroleStiversAuthor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carole Stivers on Facebook</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/TracyATownsend" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tracy Townsend on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/atfmb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patrick Hester on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="https://www.patreon.com/functionalnerds?ty=h" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Functional Nerds Patreon Page</a><br> <br> © 2020 Patrick Hester<br>
