Robopocalypse - Rilegato

Daniel H. Wilson

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ISBN 10: 0857204122 ISBN 13: 9780857204127

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster UK, 2011

Riassunto

Two decades into the future humans are battling for their very survival when a powerful AI computer goes rogue, and all the machines on earth rebel against their human controllers. The machines believe that the planet would be better off without humans, and that robots would be better caretakers of the earth's ecology. The robot war wages for five brutal years, but in the end humanity triumphs. Twenty minutes afer the war ends, Sergeant Cormac 'Bright Boy' Wallace is exterminating robots in the Alaskan wilderness when he finds a machine containing a an information cube - the robots' black box on the entire war. Inside are thousands of accounts of humans designated 'heroes' by the machines; from children to soldiers - those who fought, and those who died. A few individual robots also rejected the super-AI's homicidal campaign and join with human forces to save their collective freedom. Robopocalypse tells the story of humanity's battle to survive, with fry cooks and ordinary citizens battling rogue smart cars and independent-minded kitchen appliances, while government scientists take on murderous supercomputers.

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Recensione:

'A brilliantly conceived thriller that could well become horrific reality. A captivating tale, Robopocalypse will grip your imagination from the first word to the last, on a wild rip you won't soon forget. What a read...unlike anything I've read before'
--Clive Cussler, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

'While his novel Robopocalypse seems built from the nuts and bolts of Terminator and World War Z, it's presented in a style that rewires the age-old story.' --SciFi Now

L'autore:

Daniel Wilson holds a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. His previous titles include HOW TO SURVIVE A ROBOT UPRISING, as well as five other popular science books. This is his debut novel.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857204122
• ISBN 13: 9780857204127
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 368