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'''''Roderick at Random''''' is a novel by [[John Sladek]] published in 1983. It is the sequel to ''[[Roderick (novel)|Roderick]], or The Education of a Young Machine'' (1980); both novels were reissued together in 2001 as ''The Complete Roderick''.<br />
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==Plot summary==<br />
''Roderick at Random'' is a novel in which Roderick the robot tries to learn about what it means to be human.<ref name="WD39"/><br />
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==Reception==<br />
[[David Langford|Dave Langford]] reviewed ''Roderick at Random'' for ''[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]]'' #39, and stated that "The first worthwhile SF to arrive in 1983 is John Sladek's ''Roderick at Random'' [...] Sladek's satire is merciless, hilariously pointing out how humans prefer not to think for themselves, programmed by newspapers, tranquillizers, food fads or batty cults becoming much more predictable and less rational than poor Roderick. Sad, but not far from being true."<ref name="WD39">{{cite magazine | last =Langford | first =Dave | author-link =David Langford | title =Critical Mass | magazine =[[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf]] | issue =39 | pages =29 | publisher =[[Games Workshop]] | date = March 1983 }}</ref><br />
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[[David Pringle|Dave Pringle]] reviewed ''Roderick at Random'' for ''[[Imagine (game magazine)|Imagine]]'' magazine, and stated that "It's a crazy, venal, hilarious world that Sladek creates. while Roderick himself is beautiful, a saint."<ref name="Imagine3">{{cite journal | last = Pringle|first = Dave| author-link = David Pringle| title =Book Review | type = review | journal = [[Imagine (AD&D magazine)|Imagine]] | issue = 3| pages =36 | publisher = TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. |date=June 1983}}</ref><br />
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==Reviews==<br />
*Review by Faren Miller (1983) in ''[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]]'', #268 May 1983 <br />
*Review by Cherry Wilder (1983) in ''[[Foundation (journal)|Foundation]]'', #29 November 1983 <br />
*Review by David Pringle (1985) in ''[[Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels]]''<br />
*Review by L. J. Hurst (1990) in ''[[Vector (journal)|Vector]]'' 157<br />
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