Daniel H. Wilson – Cannonball Read 17

World War Z, but with Robots

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

March 31, 2022 by ifso Leave a Comment

Hey, did you like Max Brooks’ novel World War Z ? Did you love the structure, the multitude of accounts woven together to form a much larger story of survival? Well, Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson is a fun read but a weak substitute. In brief: sometime in the near future, a sentient AI has taken control of the worlds’ robots and has mostly wiped out humanity. This novel is a concentration of accounts that detail how humans fought back. It’s only possible to avoid […]

When it all began, Paulo Aranha would have been bored.

The Andromeda Evolution by Daniel H Wilson

Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton

April 29, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Andromeda Evolution – 2/5 Stars I read the Andromeda Strain for the first time last year and it’s mostly a very good and scary book about the dangers of human technology, human arrogance, and weirdly manliness! For a slim book about a disease potentially wiping humanity, there’s a lot of talk about men being men and having sex with women. Anyway, while this book is perfectly well-written and an almost hilarious parody of Michael Crichton’s stilted writing, this is a completely defanged thriller. It’s […]

The Clockwork Dynasty

November 12, 2017 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

The Clockwork Dynasty alternates between two time lines. In the present day, June Stefanov is a highly specialized anthropologist studying clockwork marvels of the past. What others dismiss as mere toys, June seeks out and researches these amazing automatons that once were showcased in art galleries and the wonder rooms of the rich and powerful. Her life and her research are about to collide in a spectacularly violent way. While studying an automaton hidden away in a church, June learns of a secret group that […]

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