Womanmade

"A farce about ethnic masquerade." - The New York Times "Toying with the concepts of time, art and reality, Tagliavini's interesting experiment is quite touching." - Kirkus Reviews This story begins after all the other stories have ended. The year is 100 A.H. (After Human Life), the futuristic capital of the world, robots commemorate the centennial anniversary marking the disappearance of the human race. Since mankind has perished from climate change and its own stupidity, machines have experienced 100 years without war, disease, or curiosity. G.O.D.A. (an acronym for Genetic Operational Driven Android) is a beautiful and witty female humanoid and the only one of her kind uniquely equipped with a "biobrain." Her pineal gland is part-human, thus making it possible for her to experience a limited range of emotions. Although, she never had the need to use feelings before. The female humanoid will be recycled in one week, so she feels the need to do something with her existence before it ends - she wants a purpose. Inquisitive, she covertly watches a documentary about human's history, which reveals that machines wiped out mankind after deeming them a danger to the planet. Incorporating research, she learns that there's a chemical way to build a new person from scratch! Wanting to save the world and her survival, G.O.D.A. secretly creates the only man on the planet. The machines must destroy the man to prevent any future genesis of violent human beings. However, the female robot and the man unexpectedly develop feelings for each other... Will the machines and the human learn to coexist? Or will the human turn selfish again and history repeat itself?