Robopocalypse

Hardback Published on: 09/06/2011
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Robopocalypse
Step away from your computer. . . .
I couldn't resist reading this and it didn't disappoint. If you have read Max Brook's fantastic 'World War Z' this is quite similar in structure but with R... READ MORE
Ewan Soutar at Oban

Synopsis

Two decades into the future humans are battling for their very survival when a powerful AI computer goes rogue, and all the machines on earth rebel against their human controllers. The machines believe that the planet would be better off without humans, and that robots would be better caretakers of the earth's ecology. The robot war wages for five brutal years, but in the end humanity triumphs. Twenty minutes afer the war ends, Sergeant Cormac 'Bright Boy' Wallace is exterminating robots in the Alaskan wilderness when he finds a machine containing a an information cube - the robots' black box on the entire war. Inside are thousands of accounts of humans designated 'heroes' by the machines; from children to soldiers - those who fought, and those who died. A few individual robots also rejected the super-AI's homicidal campaign and join with human forces to save their collective freedom. Robopocalypse tells the story of humanity's battle to survive, with fry cooks and ordinary citizens battling rogue smart cars and independent-minded kitchen appliances, while government scientists take on murderous supercomputers.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780857204127
  • Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm

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Robopocalypse
Well, maybe...
Yes I generally agree and certainly this wasn't the read I thought it would be but I enjoyed it well enough. I wasn't bothered by the storyline or the mixt... READ MORE
RMB
Robopocalypse
Made an account just to add another review!
This is an amazing read and it been confirmed its going to be a new film by Steven Spielberg. Soon as I read this I knew it would become a film. Read this... READ MORE
Jon Swain
Robopocalypse
Cannot be missed!
Robopoclaypse by Daniel H. Wilson tells a unique and engaging story about an AI, a supercomputer known as Archos, who gains sentience, and goes to war with... READ MORE
Ian-B
Robopocalypse
A poor mans copy
This book is a cross between Terminator and World War Z, unfortunatley its not as good as either. My two main problems with the book are one the main enem... READ MORE
Shoney