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Robopocalypse Audio CD – 7 June 2011

by Daniel H. Wilson (Author), Mike Chamberlain (Narrator)

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Publisher : Random House (a); Unabridged edition (7 June 2011)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 0307913902
ISBN-13 : 978-0307913906
Dimensions : 12.9 x 2.82 x 14.94 cm

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Damien Omen III

Robopocalypse ¡¡¡Now!!!

Reviewed in Australia on 13 May 2018

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Woohooooo!!! That was ¡¡¡FUN!!!
Realistic, credible, intelligent and informed. And entertaining as fu...dge. If you like sci-fi, you'll almost certainly dig this. I'm moving on to sequel Robogenesis as soon as I'm finished typing this.
Credits talk about involvement with Dreamworks (who bought the rights before the book was even sold to publishers) and a film release date in 2013....we're still waiting...apparently Spielberg has passed the directing on to Michael Bay, so this movie will be a blockbuster - if it ever sees the light of day...dammit, hurry uppppp!!!!! :)

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What an amazing read

Reviewed in Australia on 19 April 2015

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As sci-fi war it doesn't get any better than this and as it revolves around technology humans created it is even better. No one to blame but ourselves and avarice. Daniel Wilson is a narrative genius and drags us screaming toward the apocalypse. Then leaves us begging for more. I will need to stop here now so I can indulge in more immediately by reading the second in the series. Get into this and I guarantee you will never be the same. Hopefully in a good way but no promises. Peter Eerden

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Awesome

Reviewed in Australia on 16 July 2016

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Great book, great ideas, emotive storytelling at its best. Would recommend to sci fi fans for the subject matter and everyone else for the writing 10/10

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Russ Bryant

Enjoyable sci-fi

Reviewed in Australia on 17 July 2014

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Fun read, engaging and interesting follow-on, either deeper or wanders a bit, depending on your point of view. Overall a good read.

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Pete W

2 stars for an interesting premise

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2018

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This is a very poorly written book. It is very much a copy of World War Z but inferior in plotting and writing. Without exception the characters are one dimensional and cliched, with embarrassingly cheesy dialogue and action scenes that remind one of children's cartoons from the 80's like the Power Rangers. The author has copied the chapter structure from WWZ, but where it worked in that book because the chapters were interviews with surviviors, here the information is supposed to be cobbled together from CCTV, archives etc. Unfortunately it just does not work as it is never remotely believable that the characters inner thoughts and motivations could be gleaned from watching old tapes.

A huge irritation is the poor research and planning. There is a half hearted attempt to imagine an alternate reality where robots are commonplace, but much of the practical detail which would help ground the story in reality is missing. Cars are roaming the streets of cities for months and years after anyone refuelled them; robots and humans never resort to powerful weapons like rockets, missles (with 1 exception which makes their omission elsewhere even more obvious) bombs or similar; random bits of robots are removed and used as fully functioning weapons with no explanation of how they are powered or controlled. The greatest irritation however was a character called Lurker. This was supposed to be an English teenager. In the space of a few paragraphs he dodges trash carts, knocks over a fire hydrant and uses his catchphrase referring to the funny pages in the newspapers. All are specifically American phrases, and the UK does not have fire hydrants. I appreciate the author is American but I am English, and yet still know that in the US cars have hoods and trunks, suspenders hold up men's trousers and You can refer to a fanny pack without embarrassment or sniggering.

All in all a poor book with little to recommend it. The premise however is a good one, and if Spielberg does make it into a film (sorry, movie) I would be interested in seeing it.

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Mr. S. Harrison

... a short period of time so it must be good, right

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2014

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I can't really criticise this book too much as I did read it all the way through in a short period of time so it must be good, right? Well I hate to be overly critical but there are just a few niggling things which mean I haven't given it four or five stars. Firstly, I knew it was going to be a trashy read and I love a good trashy read. However, this book could have been written a little better and pitched itself just a bit higher in terms of vocabulary etc. It is quite simple.
Another criticism is that it's very similar to World Wide Z but unfortunately this similarity only serves to highlight just how much more superior WWZ is. I bought this as an eBook at £1.99. Book two is £6.50 and I don't think it's worth it. I suppose that says a lot really.
This said, I enjoyed the story and it should make a great movie. It wasn't bad, just not amazing.

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Benminx

A fascinating sci-fi read that's also an enjoyable thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 January 2013

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I wanted this purely because I had heard Spielberg is making a movie of it. Although I usually don't care much about whether the movie differs from the book, this time the plot synopsis intruigued me enough to hook me in. I'm glad it did. Robopocalypse is a rewarding read in more ways than one.
Firstly, it's a dramatic and lean thriller. I never felt like I was reading filler or a badly paced chapter.
Secondly, it's inventive and makes you think - the gift of all great sci-fi.
And thirdly, simply structurally, it's brilliantly clever. The novel doesn't follow a traditional structure of following a cenral character. Rather it initially introduces key characters, each in a self-contained mini-tale of their own, chapter by chapter, and then begins to link them, believably and intricately weaving the story strands together and reintroducing them as they become more prominent in the tale.
It's also a lot of fun. As Artificial Intelligence 'Archos' becomes self aware, it turns on its creator, but although such an idea is far from original, the way the tale evolves and grows IS handled with originality. Wilson cleverly uses technology that already surrounds us to introduce a sense of unsuspecting unease as everyday gadgets begin to suffer apparently random and unconnected blips, until the pace of the disaster accelerates rapidly and becomes something so dangerous that the survivors have to un-learn their modern ways of life and embrace skillsets they never thought they'd have to use.
One scene of a simple family journey is so tense and daringly shocking that it's a masterpiece, and should form a prominent part of any competent screenplay.
A brilliant read that any fan of Michael Crichton's style of technothrillers will likely find easy to enjoy and should readily embrace before the movie arrives.

Chris S

Don't read World War Z first...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 February 2013

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Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this and ploughed through it in a couple of sittings but I can't help comparing it - unfavourably - with Max Hastings' World War Z.

Describing a Terminator style, "computers take over the world" story, it paints a picture of a world dependent on a technology that turns against it with horrific results. Written as a journal, it describes the lead up and downfall of society and the eventual triumph of humans over machines.

There are some nice ideas and its quite thought provoking at times but for a apocalyptic, end-of-the-world type of novel it lacks depth and emotion - characters are a bit stereotypical and you can practically see where it has been written with a big screen adaptation in mind. It didn't stay with me in the same way as WWZ did - for all the thematic similarities, Hasting's book felt much more human and intimate.

That's not to say its not worth a read - just don't go expecting a masterpiece.

Dolly809

Ah Mah Gah!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 August 2012

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Found this book by accident.
So glad I did.
I'm not usually into sci-fi at all, but this had me GRIPPED!
Solid, water-tight, brilliant, AMAZING storyline from start to finish.
Basically, it's set in the sort-of-near-but-a-bit-of-way-off future where virtually everyone has a domestic robot and technology is used for literally everything.
Then some mad scientist decides he wants to create an artificial intelligence internet.... thing, that can be told things, and can learn itself.
Only when he turns it on it begins to learn far too fast than hoped. So he goes to turn it off and start again. But 'Archos' has other ideas and decides to remove all the oxygen from the lab to suffocate this scientist, and then goes on to infect (via internet) all other forms of technology on the planet with its own brand of malevolent sentience.
The story is told via many characters who appear to the protagonist in an internet cube that was made for the specific purpose of recording and documenting all events of 'The New War'. These characters span a multitude of backgrounds and cultures including a high court judge and her children who end up enslaved by the robots (think robot nazis at Auschwitz), a computer nerd and prolific prank caller in London, your average squaddie fighting out in Afghanistan, and an old man in Japan - I get the feeling this was done to represent the global appeal and usage of technology that is apparent both in the novel and in real life.
I won't spoil the plot for anyone, because it's that good I think you should all go read it yourselves!

Word of warning - Wilson did such a good job of writing this, it left me too scared to use my laptop, my phone and my ipod for 6 days after I finished reading it!
I would also very much recommend that if you like this book you then go and read Wilson's follow-up novel 'Amped' which is equally mind-blowingly brilliant!

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