If Andrew Martin’s centuries-long quest—from crafting wood with soul to petitioning courts for recognition, and finally choosing mortality—moved you, you’ll find similar quiet power in Klara and the Sun. Klara, an Artificial Friend, watches the human world with wonder and devotion, forming a bond with Josie that tests the boundaries between programmed care and genuine love. Like Andrew’s fight to be seen as more than a machine, Klara’s observations turn into piercing questions about dignity, sacrifice, and the faith we place in each other.

Andrew Martin grows from a household robot into an artist and, eventually, a citizen who chooses to be mortal. The Lifecycle of Software Objects follows "digients"—learning AIs—over years as their caretakers nurture them from playful beings into persons who must navigate custody, consent, and ownership laws. If Andrew’s court battles, name-taking, and evolving relationships (from Little Miss to Portia) resonated, this story’s painstaking, decade-spanning cultivation of AI identity will hit the same nerve.

One of the beating hearts of The Bicentennial Man is Andrew’s relationships—first with Little Miss, then with Portia—as he learns, names himself, and claims agency. In A Closed and Common Orbit, the AI Sidra struggles with a new body while Pepper becomes a steady, compassionate anchor. If the way Andrew’s connections shape his humanity moved you—teaching, teasing, protecting, and finally standing with him in court—Sidra and Pepper’s found-family bond will feel like coming home.

If you appreciated how Andrew’s story centers courtroom arguments, social prejudice, and the ethics of what we owe sentient beings—more than gizmos or technobabble—The Speed of Dark offers that same humane focus. Lou Arrendale, an autistic man, faces pressure to undergo a medical procedure that could change who he is, much as Andrew weighs medical and legal steps to be recognized as human. Like Andrew choosing mortality, Lou’s decision is intimate, courageous, and deeply felt.

Andrew Martin’s two-hundred-year arc—from appliance to artist to legally human—culminates in a profound choice about life’s limits. Permutation City pushes those questions into mind-bending territory, following consciousness copies who can live for subjective eons. If Andrew’s transformation and final act made you ponder what truly confers humanity, Egan’s exploration of selfhood beyond the body—and across unimaginable time—will challenge and exhilarate you in equal measure.