Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1) in Around the World in 80 Books

Nov 24, 2019 Nadine in NY Jones rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: did-not-finish, fantasy-and-sci-fi

This joins a long and proud epistolary sub-genre of “novel as transcript” (or is it “transcript as novel”?) which includes:
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Illuminae
Sleeping Giants

Unfortunately, all of the characters here speak with the same voice, so even though it’s trying very hard to read like a transcript, it just reads as a male-centric third person novel. And I had to keep going back to check the heading to see who was talking. Since they all sound the same. (I know I only re ...more

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Dec 05, 2021 Anna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Scary!

The best part of sci-fi is the possibility; knowing these situations could be, could happen. That also makes it scary, because it could be true. We’ve been reading and writing computer/robot uprising stories since the concept of computers. This is one of the best I’ve ever read

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Jun 16, 2016 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2016, play-book-tag, war, new-york-city, japan, alaska, computers, robots, scary, action

A sentient computer named Archos is created and it begins converting all androids to its will and attempting to eliminate humans. The book is told from several viewpoints, starting with Archos creation and following into the ensuing war. The first chapter of the book tells how the war ends which ruined a lot of the suspense for me. I liked that the book returned to certain characters to tell their story. This is lost a bit at the end where only one character becomes the focus and the reader isn' ...more

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Feb 26, 2012 Jessica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: speculative-fiction, dystopia, post-apocalyptic

It probably helps if you're approaching this book as someone who doesn't normally read "hard" sci-fi/robot-overlord type stuff, because I'm sure there's plenty here to annoy for those who've seen pretty much every variation on the theme there is. Coming at it from an outsider's view, though, I like it - the narrative structure works for me, and I care sufficiently little about the technical details that any errors or omissions in that regard aren't noticeable to me. That said, mileage may vary f ...more

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