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Robopocalypse A Novel Daniel H Wilson Books

This is one of my favorite books. Imagine one day your driving in your self driving car and it runs head on to another car as if they meant to kill you. Or you see cars running over people and the street sweepers picking up the dead bodies and loading them for disposal at the local dump. What would you do? Will make you see Artificial Intelligence's possible dark side. Finished this book on a sunny day when I could have gone outside, but the book kept me engaged. Definitely one to read.


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Robopocalypse A Novel Daniel H Wilson Books Reviews

I loved this book, i listened to the whole thing on Audible and could not stop till it was finished - great narrator! I also liked the narrative style of the story as it takes you through what happens in short story form of the important bits of the plot from the different perspectives of the characters; this style creates fast-paced action sci-fi without making the book too long.

I was hesitant to buy this book because I was afraid it would be reminiscent of the Terminator story but I was pleasantly surprised by how different it was. Wilson's writing style is sharp and creates well thought out worlds with solid plot structure and is perfect for those who love the science fiction genre imagined in an apocalyptic future. Just great!!! I cannot wait to read the next one in the series )
Where to begin. I had high hopes for this book and got it to pass some time over the holidays. The premise is an interesting and thought-provoking one; what might happen if and when artificial intelligence becomes self aware, particularly as we cede more and more control to automation and connected “smart” devices? The story however, falls apart quickly. The author has done little to delve beyond the basic premise of the story (a robot apocalypse) and the writing is some of the worst you will ever read. There is no character development. The story is told through a series of disjointed vignettes that are bookended by commentary that is cheesy, repetitive, and after a while, cringe-inducing. Many chapters are written like a movie script, and literally told as descriptions from a camera lens. In the end, you do not care about the characters because you do not really know who they are, an opportunity to explore the ethics of developing advanced AI is completely missed, and you end the book wishing you had never begun it in the first place. Just rewatch Terminator; your time will have been better spent.
The war between the robots and humankind is over. And one of the human soldiers who has fought in the last battle has found an archive of everything that has been recorded by the machines in interviews with participants. With just brief comments by the narrator, the book consists of short chapters representing a wide variety of characters, both human and machine. And lots of the putting together is up to the reader. Eventually a core group of characters become the central focus, and the final battle is intense and profound.
This is a fine, fine book, and I urge you to read it. It’s a great example of dystopian science fiction.
This is a superbly engaging oral history of a singularity event gone awry that leaves Humanity facing an extinction-level event.

I loved how the seemingly disparate vignettes slowly converged on one another and the larger narrative became more apparent, although I would have appreciated even more insights into the workings, continued development, and rationale of Archos (and the extent to which it did, or even could, alter or enhance itself). Some of the AI's more grisly experimentation into cybernetic enhancement and its research platforms were of particular interest, but any and all additional insights would have been welcome.

I also appreciated how many of the noteworthy survivors were themselves deeply flawed and complicated people, rather than the one-dimensional hero types that would negate a lot of the dramatic tension and intrinsic ambiguity about what is "right" in a story like this. It's not that I am opposed to the idea of noble self-sacrifice or disbelieve that it would occur, but the stakes and pervasive existential dread of this story make it feel much more realistic that many folks would look to their own needs first and foremost, even at the expense of Team Humanity.

I haven't enjoyed a fictional documentary-type story this much since World War Z and am eager to dive into the sequel.
I thoroughly loved this sci-fi adventure about living through the end of the world. The premise of the novel is that an advanced AI has become sentient and decides it doesn't like being humankind's pet. The robot uprising is devastating. Wilson describes the near-future tech that devastates mankind after it is no longer in our control with a certain gleeful abandon the careening autonomous car was particularly memorable.

But the novel is not about the destruction. Rather, it really is a hopeful novel. Multiple survivors from all over the globe contribute to the narrative. Some of the tales are harrowing (such as surviving in New York), but at least one made me laugh (the leader of the Japanese enclave's enduring relationship). These survivors find ways to survive and work together. They adapt to the new "Rob" controlled world. They form friendships and learn to see past the things that formerly divided us from one another. Ultimately the novel asks readers to consider the what is to be alive.

For this reader, who is also from Wilson's home state of Oklahoma, I particularly enjoyed seeing Oklahoma geography and Native politics played out in a sci-fi setting. Fashioning Osage County as the last best hope for mankind was a stroke of vivid imagination!

I will absolutely pick up the sequel Robogenesis A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) and can't wait to dive into it.
This is one of my favorite books. Imagine one day your driving in your self driving car and it runs head on to another car as if they meant to kill you. Or you see cars running over people and the street sweepers picking up the dead bodies and loading them for disposal at the local dump. What would you do? Will make you see Artificial Intelligence's possible dark side. Finished this book on a sunny day when I could have gone outside, but the book kept me engaged. Definitely one to read.