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5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent science fiction, 4 July 2011
This review is from: Robopocalypse (Kindle Edition)
I picked it up and read it in a few days. Loved the buildup, the style of writing and wording which varies with the characters and the complexity of the story. Humanity, nature and technology all play their role in the story, and it makes you wonder if we are on the track for a confrontation with our own creations. This is definitely a book to read for lovers of good non-outer-space science fiction.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Robots uprising!, 19 Jun 2011
There is a New War igniting by the very machines that were serving humans 'Robots.' Is there any hope for the human race and what weapon could match the ability of the artificial intelligence? We had zombies with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and vampires with The Strain nows the time for something new and fresh setting a new trend, evil robots. A writer who has a Ph.D in Robotics has created a gauntlet race of time to a concluding event that will change the path of robots and humans forever. Written in neat chapters of different accounts that chart the unraveling of war from the artificial intelligence Archos, unleashing unrelenting destruction upon humans via it's robots. The writing flows well and does well transferring the words well to your thought imagery as you ride along the train as time zero's down to the grand finale. Once i rode on the train i did not want to get off until an outcome is reached in this page turning orchestra of cataclysmic events. You become immersed in the battle for human salvation against the ensuing apocalypse at the hands of the robots. "The machines are now designing and building themselves. More varieties are coming. We believe that these new robots will have greatly increased agility, survivability, and lethality. They will be tailored to fight your people, in your geographic environment, and in your weather conditions. "Let there be no doubt in your mind that the combined onslaught of these machines, working twenty-four hours a day, will soon be unleashed by Archos on your native land."
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great!!, 20 Sep 2011
This review is from: Robopocalypse (Kindle Edition)
I loved this book and couldn't put it down, my Kindle has taken a battering with this one! The book is very neatly arranged and flows well in bite-sized chunks, my only criticism would be that some of the grander story elements (and character development arcs) are implied rather than explained fully (which I would prefer as I didn't want it to end), and time frames seem to jump very quickly with barely any acknowledgment of what has happened up until that point. (Maybe that's just me being lazy and not using my imagination) I'm glad that this story has (apparently) fallen into the hands of Mr Spielberg and not Mr Bruckheimer. I wonder how he will handle the gore when bringing this to the big screen. All in all this is a great tale of terrestrial threat, and hints at our volatile species being the best we can be when under those conditions. We have all grown up watching films about this sort of thing happening, (Matrix, Terminator, I Robot etc) yet we still work towards creating this super AI. Science fiction has foretold these events for years, yet we will still show surprise in 30 years when our gentle kitchen Servitor turns to us, wielding a knife, red lights pulsing! Just don't say Daniel H Wilson didn't warn you.
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