In the Lives of Puppets
In the Lives of Puppets is a 2023 gay fiction and queer fantasy novel by T. J. Klune.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 32 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Combined Print And E-Book Fiction bestseller list in 2023.
It runs to roughly 432 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.
About In the Lives of Puppets
In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled "HAP," he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio-a past spent hunting humans. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic's assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming. Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?
Awards & lists
- 📰New York Times bestseller list — Combined Print And E-Book Fiction, 2023
Quick answers
Who wrote In the Lives of Puppets?
In the Lives of Puppets was written by T. J. Klune and first published in 2023.
What genre is In the Lives of Puppets?
It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction, Queer Fantasy and Queer Science Fiction.
How long is In the Lives of Puppets?
The median edition has 432 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to In the Lives of Puppets?
Readers who like it often enjoy Minions of the Moon, The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic and Chrome.
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