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Robopocalypse

Robopocalypse

by Daniel H . Wilson (Author)

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    Hardcover 2011

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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.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 368
 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Published: 09 Jun 2011
ISBN 10: 0857204122
ISBN 13: 9780857204127

Media Reviews
Things pop along at a wonderfully breakneck pace, and by letting his characters reveal themselves through their actions, Wilson creates characters that spring to life. Vigorous, smart and gripping.
--Kirkus
A brilliantly conceived thriller that could well become horrific reality. A captivating tale, Robopocalypse will grip your imagination from the first word to the last, on a wild rip you won't soon forget. What a read...unlike anything I've read before.
--CLIVE CUSSLER, New York Times bestselling author
An Andromeda Strain for the new century, this is visionary fiction at its best: harrowing, brilliantly rendered, and far, far too believable.
--LINCOLN CHILD, New York Times bestselling author of Deep Storm
Robopocalypse reminded me of Michael Crichton when he was young and the best in the business. This novel is brilliant, beautifully conceived, beautifully written (high-five, Dr. Wilson)...but what makes it is the humanity. Wilso
Daniel H. Wilson's Robopocalypse is...an ingenious, instantly visual story of war between humans and robots. - Janet Maslin, New York Times
Things pop along at a wonderfully breakneck pace, and by letting his characters reveal themselves through their actions, Wilson creates characters that spring to life. Vigorous, smart and gripping.
--Kirkus
A brilliantly conceived thriller that could well become horrific reality. A captivating tale, Robopocalypse will grip your imagination from the first word to the last, on a wild rip you won't soon forget. What a read...unlike anything I've read before.
--CLIVE CUSSLER, New York Times bestselling author
An Andromeda Strain for the new century, this is visionary fiction at its best: harrowing, brilliantly rendered, and far, far too believable.
--LINCOLN CHILD, New York Times bestselling author of Deep Storm
Robopocalypse reminded me of Michael Crichton when he was young and the bes

It's terrific page-turning fun. --Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
Daniel H. Wilson's Robopocalypse is...an ingenious, instantly visual story of war between humans and robots. - Janet Maslin, New York Times
It'll be scarier than Jaws : We don't have to go in the water, but we all have to use gadgets. -- Wall Street Journal
A superbly entertaining thriller...[ Robopocalypse has] everything you'd want in a beach book. - Richmond Times-Dispatch

Robopocalypse is the kind of robot uprising novel that could only have been written in an era when robots are becoming an ordinary part of our lives. This isn't speculation about a far-future world full of incomprehensible synthetic beings. It's five minutes into the future of our Earth, full of the robots we take for granted. If you want a rip-roaring good read this summer, Robopocalypse is your book. -- io9.com
You're swept away against your will... a riveting page turner. -- Associated Press
Things pop along at a wonderfully breakneck pace, and by letting his characters reveal themselves through their actions, Wilson creates characters that spring to life. Vigorous, smart and gripping. --Kirkus
A brilliantly conceived thriller that could well become horrific reality. A captivating tale, Robopocalypse will grip your imagination from the first word to the last, on a wild rip you won't soon forget. What a read...unlike anything I've read before. --Clive Cussler, New York Times bestselling author
An Andromeda Strain for the new century, this is visionary fiction at its best: harrowing, brilliantly rendered, and far, far too believable. --Lincoln Child, New York Times bestselling author of Deep Storm
Robopocalypse reminded me of Michael Crichton when he was young and the best in the business. This novel is brilliant, beautifully conceived, beautifully written (high-five, Dr. Wilson)...but what makes it is the hum

Author Bio
Daniel Wilson holds a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. His previous titles include HOW TO SURVIVE A ROBOT UPRISING, as well as five other popular science books. This is his debut novel.