Robopocalypse: A Novel

Daniel H. Wilson

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jun 7, 2011 - Fiction - 304 pages

In this terrifying tale of humanity’s desperate stand against a robot uprising, Daniel H. Wilson has written the most entertaining sci-fi thriller in years.
 
Not far into our future, the dazzling technology that runs our world turns against us. Controlled by a childlike—yet massively powerful—artificial intelligence known as Archos, the global network of machines on which our world has grown dependent suddenly becomes an implacable, deadly foe. At Zero Hour—the moment the robots attack—the human race is almost annihilated, but as its scattered remnants regroup, humanity for the first time unites in a determined effort to fight back. This is the oral history of that conflict, told by an international cast of survivors who experienced this long and bloody confrontation with the machines. Brilliantly conceived and amazingly detailed, Robopocalypse is an action-packed epic with chilling implications about the real technology that surrounds us. 


 
 

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User Review  - Jazz1987 - LibraryThing

This book started out like most modern distopia where were supposed to feel this is realistic but actually ends up more science fiction and not your typical fell sorry for humanity novel. The ending ...

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Robopocalypse: Skynet's more human tolerant little brother THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING. Robopocalypse (Daniel H Wilson) starts in a different position than most machine armageddon stories, beginning 20 ...

Contents

• PART THREE SURViva L: 171
• Gray Horse Army: 183
• Fort Bandon: 195
• Chaperone Duty: 207
• Tickler: 216
• BandeAmir: 228
• Backbone: 238
• Transhuman: 251
• Call to Arms: 263
• Awakening: 277
• The Weil Lifted: 283
• Odyssey: 290
• The Fate of Tiberius: 297
• Freeborn: 307
• They Shall Grow Not Old: 317
• Dyad: 329
• Debriefing: 344

About the author

Daniel H. Wilson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and earned a B.S. in computer science from the University of Tulsa and a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He is the author of Amped, Robopocalypse, How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Where's My Jetpack?, How to Build a Robot Army, The Mad Scientist Hall of Fame, and Bro-Jitsu: The Martial Art of Sibling Smackdown.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Robopocalypse: A Novel; Vintage Contemporaries
• Author: Daniel H. Wilson
• Edition: unabridged, reprint
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011
• ISBN: 0385533861, 9780385533867
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic; Fiction / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction