Otto, struggling to cope with abilities that are just starting to manifest themselves, is dismayed when Number One appoints a new headmistress to the Higher Institute of Villainous Education to replace the missing Dr. Nero, and decides it is imperative that he rescue Nero from the forces of H.O.P.E., but must first break into M16.
Hitoshi Kobe is a poor student, a bad athlete, and unlucky, but he has a knack for creating Artificial Intelligences. If a freak accident can turn his favorite A.I., Thirty, into a real girl, can she turn him into a real man?.
Caitlin Decter, a young and attractive math genius who is blind, follows the pathways of the Internet in her mind, and when she receives an implant to restore her sight, she visualizes the World Wide Web all around her and realizes that a new intelligence lurks in the background.
Explores the world of engineers and software designers at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, expamining their work and the tasks and capabilities of the robots they create.
Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them docile, obedient servants.
Predicts what technological advances will take place in the twenty-first century and discusses how the line between man and machine will blur as computers begin to take over more aspects of everyday life.
Tash and Zak are the only ones not to evacuate the luxury space yacht Star of Empire when a siren sounds; to their relief, nothing happens but they soon find themselves trapped.
