Archive for June 26, 2011
ROBOPOCALYPSE by Daniel H. Wilson
ROBOPOCALYPSE by Daniel H. Wilson tells the apocalyptic story of a near future when one machine gains true intelligence and determines to honor life by wiping out human civilization. The machine intelligence takes over the robots that are central to civilization; the automatic cars, the robo-nannies and cleaning bots; all of them become the enemies of humanity. Most of the few people who survive are herded into concentration camps where some are surgically altered to become part machine. Needless to say the machine parts are all under control of the original rebellious machine. Robots start evolving, building new robots in response to human resistance.
June 26, 2011
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Judi Clark · 
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Tags: post-apocalyptic, robot, Speculative (Beyond Reality), Techno-Thriller · Posted in: Speculative (Beyond Reality)
THE EVOLUTION OF BRUNO LITTLEMORE by Benjamin Hale
Consider the big questions. For instance, what does language afford us? Is self-consciousness and all it implies (self-reflection, guilt, joy…) embedded in language, daresay a function of language? Why do we create art? Nature or nurture, what shapes us? How is love possible? Where does rage come from? Cruelty? What are we to make of the animals, those we imprison, those we consume, the beasts we love as companions? What, indeed, does it mean to be a human being and can it, whatever it might mean, be fully realized? Now, take these questions and a bunch more just like them, and wrap them up in a narrative so unique and compelling, so rich as to bring transparency to the questions. Then shape the story around a unique voice that ranges from the mindlessly inarticulate to the Mensian complex. If you can imagine experiencing all that, you have a sense of what this book affords the adventurous reader.
June 26, 2011
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Tags: Animals, Contemporary, Fictional Autobiography, Language, Literary, twelve · Posted in: Character Driven, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Debut Novel, Literary
