Product Details
Simon & Schuster UK, June 2011
Hardcover, 368 pages
ISBN-10: 0857204122
ISBN-13: 9780857204127
Description
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.
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.
Media Update South Africa, September 12, 2011
...DreamWorks Studios and Twentieth Century Fox will co-finance the science fiction epic Robopocalypse, to be directed by Steven Spielberg. The announcement was made today jointly by the two studios. Capitalizing on the long holiday weekend, ...
Rope of Silicon, September 8, 2011
...for next year in Lincoln and he is now teaming with Fox and Dreamworks for the previously announced Robopocalypse, due to hit theaters on July 3, 2013 (via EW). The film is an adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's novel (buy it here) penned by ...
IGN.com UK, September 7, 2011
...DreamWorks Studios and Twentieth Century Fox will co-finance the science fiction epic Robopocalypse, to be directed by Steven Spielberg. The announcement was made today jointly by the two studios. Capitalizing on the long holiday weekend, ...
Hollywood Reporter, September 7, 2011
...UPDATED: Spielberg says Fox is the ideal partner; 'Robopocalypse' will hit theaters July 3, 2013, unspooling over the high-profile Fourth of July holiday. Fox is coming aboard to co-finance and partner on DreamWorks’ Robopocalypse, Steven ...
AlphaTrade Finance, September 7, 2011
...LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DreamWorks Studios and Twentieth Century Fox will co-finance the science fiction epic “Robopocalypse,” to be directed by Steven Spielberg. The announcement was made today jointly by the two studios. ...
Hollywood Reporter, September 7, 2011
...Fox is coming aboard to co-finance and partner on DreamWorks’ Robopocalypse, Steven Spielbeg’s sci-fi epic that will open around the world on July 3, 2013. Disney will distribute the film domestically, while Fox will release the movie ...
Yahoo! Finance, September 7, 2011
...LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DreamWorks Studios and Twentieth Century Fox will co-finance the science fiction epic “Robopocalypse,” to be directed by Steven Spielberg. The announcement was made today jointly by the two studios. ...
Cleveland Live, August 30, 2011
...Anitha Gandhi creates a full cast of characters, each with a different voice and authentic-sounding accents. Grade: B Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson Read by Mike Chamberlain At first this novel is a diverting enough riff on "World War Z" and ...
Sun Herald, July 31, 2011
...?Robopocalypse? by Daniel H. Wilson; Doubleday (349 pages, $25)If there?s such a thing as voodoo in literary circles, a lot of jealous sci-fi writers are probably burying needles into tiny Daniel H ...
Modesto Bee, July 20, 2011
..."Robopocalypse" by Daniel H. Wilson; Doubleday (349 pages, $25) If there's such a thing as voodoo in literary circles, a lot of jealous sci-fi writers are probably burying needles into ...
Time Out Sydney, July 10, 2011
...on your faulty toaster to get it working again, it just might bang back. In his debut novel, Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson vividly details a moment in the near future when the world’s technology becomes self-aware and murderously ...
seattlepi.com, July 7, 2011
...really rise up and try to exterminate humanity, I hope they follow the example of their fellows from Robopocalypse. Because these guys aren't very good at it. Daniel H. Wilson's Robopocalypse follows the template of Max Brooks' World War Z, ...
Northern Echo, July 6, 2011
...THE author of How To Survive A Robot Uprising and How To Build A Robot Army, turns his attention to a documentary-style novel about an apocalypse brought on by sentient machines. A survivor pieces together the story of what happened, ...
Bend Bulletin, June 19, 2011
...?Robopocalypse? by Daniel H. Wilson (Doubleday, 347 pgs., $25) There are novels, and there are movies, and then there are novels that really want to be movies. Daniel H. Wilson?s ?Robopocalypse? is a ...
The Press NZ, June 15, 2011
...After interviewing American author Daniel H Wilson this morning about his new book Robopocalypse, which tells the tale of when robots and an Artificial Intelligence called Archos start rebelling against mankind, it got me thinking ...
Media Bistro, June 14, 2011
...21-year-old Stephen Lunsford has won Doubleday’s book video contest, creating a one-minute short for Daniel H. Wilson ‘s new novel, Robopocalypse . The young filmmaker won $750 for his video. We’ve embedded his winning entry ...
Channel 3000, June 14, 2011
...even some peculiar pint-sized super heroes. Here are just a few popular picks for some hot summer reads. "Robopocalypse" by Daniel H. Wilson First up is a science-fiction novel being hailed as a potential blockbuster."Robopocalypse" from ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 13, 2011
...she undertakes a dangerous search for her daughter Joy who disappears from Los Angeles into that Communist society. "Robopocalypse" by Daniel H. Wilson. Coming to a cineplex near you. Seriously, this book has already been optioned by Steven ...
National Post, June 13, 2011
...Aaron Lynett/National Post Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse, poses for a portrait at his publisher's office in downtown Toronto It isn’t that the robots are coming, it’s that they’ve ...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, June 10, 2011
...There have been so many. But the curiously emotionless molded face staring back from the book cover of "Robopocalypse" is enchanting. Sterile, but menacing. Placid, but full of the potential for violence. Those red eyes both playful and ...
NPR, June 8, 2011
...virus turns domestic robots, auto-drive cars and even children's toys into ruthlessly efficient engines of destruction in Daniel H. Wilson's debut novel Robopocalypse . » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter, June 8, 2011
...Entertainment (1023) Arts and entertainment (1110) Government and politics (6681) In this book cover image released by Doubleday, "Robopocalypse," by Daniel H. Wilson, is shown. (AP Photo/Doubleday) "Robopocalypse (Doubleday), by Daniel ...
Washington City Paper, June 1, 2011
...Robots: Heading up WaPo Book World today is Ron Charles' disappointed review of Robopocalpyse, the second novel by Daniel H. Wilson, a scientific satirist who actually holds a Ph.D. in advanced robotics. Wilson's literary corpus, however, ...
Macon Telegraph, June 1, 2011
...so Americans take drugs to relive the past instead of preparing for the future. -Daniel H. Wilson's "Robopocalypse" (Doubleday/June 7). In Frankenstein-meets-Jurassic Park, robots decide they want to be in charge. The novel has been optioned ...
STLtoday.com, May 29, 2011
...present is depressing, so Americans take drugs to relive the past instead of preparing for the future. • Daniel H. Wilson's "Robopocalypse" (Doubleday/June 7). In Frankenstein-meets-Jurassic Park, robots decide they want to be in charge. ...
USA Today, May 25, 2011
...Why it's hot: Even before Wilson finished writing, the film rights were optioned. will direct, and shooting is expected to begin next year. A taste: "In the first months after Zero Hour, billions of people around the world began a fight for ...
Deseret Morning News, February 19, 2011
...by Daniel H. Wilson, Bloomsbury, 180 pages, $16.99 (f) (ages 9-12) Daniel H. Wilson has got a thing for robots. Wilson deftly employed his PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University ...
Deseret Morning News, February 19, 2011
..."A BOY AND HIS BOT," by Daniel H. Wilson, Bloomsbury, 180 pages, $16.99 (f) (ages 9-12) Daniel H. Wilson has got a thing for robots. Wilson deftly employed his Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon ...
TMC Net, January 10, 2011
...n the published tales of Tulsa native Daniel H. Wilson, what if is a modern incantation. What if robots banded together for an epic revolution against humankind? That became Wilson's 2005 comic nonfiction guide "How to Survive ...
HeyUGuys, December 4, 2010
...where technology developed to mend the physically disabled winds up turning them into supermen. The novel comes from Daniel H Wilson, whose Robopocalypse looks set to be directed by Spielberg before too long. Summit will produce the film, ...
Io9, December 2, 2010
...Alex Proyas and Summit have just nabbed the rights to Daniel H. Wilson's latest novel AMP a book about what happens when technology gives the disabled superpowers. Robopocalypse author Wilson (whose latest novel is being directed by Steven ...
JoBlo Movie Emporium, December 2, 2010
...Author Daniel H. Wilson just sold his latest novel "AMP" to Doubleday two weeks ago. Yesterday, Summit already snatched up the feature film rights to the project and have Alex Proyas (DARK ...
