I had this book on my TBR for a long time, and picked it up from the library last week. Here is the Kobo store’s summary:In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. Taking on the persona of a shy human boy, a chi...
I borrowed this from the library while I was waiting for another novel of Wilson’s, Robopocalypse, to become available. Here is the summary from the Kobo store:In Amped, people are implanted with a device that makes them capable of superhuman feats. The powerful technology has profound consequences ...
It’s a good thing Isaac Asimov isn’t alive to read this book because it would kill him.The robots here think the three laws of robotics my plastic ass as they or their robotic controlled kin turn into homicidal maniacs and merrily wreak havoc among humans.I rarely lambaste a book over a concept but ...
This will make a wonderful movie, I'll get that out of the way right now. Spielberg will make a fantastic job of this (at times) truely horrifying material.At some point in the near future - a future where humans heavily rely on robots and computers, one human succeeds in creating a powerful AI eng...
I feel like this book asked a lot of questions but didn't answer them. That felt extremely frustrating. The twists and turns were fun to watch (if not entirely shocking), as was Owen's evolution.
Via http://onlectus.blogspot.com/2012/12/robopocalypse-by-daniel-h-wilson.htmlArmy guys might dig this book, I, on the contrary couldn’t even finish it! It reminds me of World War Z: an oral history of the zombie war because they are both told by different voices around the world narrating the event...
I picked this one up as soon as I saw it, though I haven't read anything else by this author. The idea of it really intrigued me, though, and I couldn't wait to read it. And while it didn't go the way that I thought it would, it was still really, really good.I spent so much time just wrapped up in ...
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