Roderick (novel)

Roderick, or The Education of a Young Machine
First edition
AuthorJohn Sladek
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherGranada
Publication date
13 November 1980
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages352
ISBN0-246-11437-1
OCLC8412449
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3569.L25 R64 1980
Followed byRoderick at Random 

Roderick, or The Education of a Young Machine is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer John Sladek. It was nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award and was followed in 1983 by Roderick at Random, or Further Education of a Young Machine. The two books were originally intended as a single longer novel, and were finally reissued together in 2001 as The Complete Roderick. It was included in David Pringle's book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.