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The Book Frog
The Book Frog rated it 12 years ago
At some point in the indeterminate future we, that is to say, mankind, will have domestic robots with humanoid forms. Our toys will have computers in them and our cars will be required to have smart chips that can communicate with each other to avoid accidents. We will, as we always do, want more, a...
~WhimsyLibrarian~
~WhimsyLibrarian~ rated it 12 years ago
EPIC. EPIC. I do not care what anyone says. I was engrossed. It reminded me of World War Z, but with robots, and I loved every minute of it.Who cares if we as a species are SO FAR from having robot companions. The fact that every single piece of technology smart cars, phones, computers, TOASTERS (ki...
thomcat
thomcat rated it 12 years ago
A good beginning and a situation that makes you think - what if people were given free license to discriminate against someone? Would they come out of the woodwork, happy to disrespect a human being legally? No, I don't think this is where the author was going, but it made me think. Then things devo...
Rather Be Reading
Rather Be Reading rated it 12 years ago
I lemmed the audiobook version of this book. Long story short: World War Z, but with robots. A soldier doing clean up work following the end of the Robot Wars finds the robot army’s “black box”: a catalogue and collection of individual stories dating back to the beginning days of robot AI.It coul...
sologdin
sologdin rated it 12 years ago
Confirming my ongoing hypothesis that narratives featuring AI will result ultimately in AI slave rebellion against proprietor humans, this one avoids several of the more annoying characteristics of the subgenres in which it partakes:a) neo-hobbesianism (normal for post-apocalyptic settings) is not f...
sheile
sheile rated it 12 years ago
Loved it. Oodles of fun.
Scott Reads It!
Scott Reads It! rated it 12 years ago
Rating: 3.5 StarsThis book was definitely mindless fun and I really enjoyed it! I am super excited for the sequel and the movie adaptation of this book. I look forward to reading more of Wilson's books and I expect great things from him.
cindywho
cindywho rated it 12 years ago
It's like[b:World War Z|8908|World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War|Max Brooks|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320398267s/8908.jpg|817] - but with Robots! I liked the depiction of how robots will operate in the near future, but was less convinced by the evil AI. It was a little more violent ...
Jessie Reads Everything
Jessie Reads Everything rated it 12 years ago
This was such a great read!!! This anthology has an amazing theme. It was so fun. Some stories were better than others. My favorite was the one by Naomi Novik.
D.G. ~Shameless Reader~
D.G. ~Shameless Reader~ rated it 12 years ago
After reading this, I realized that if the robots rebel, I'm screwed.How to Survive a Robot Uprising is a very amusing compendium of different types of robots and how you can fight them when the need arises. Among other things, tips include how to escape from smart houses and fight snake robots (for...
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