Hell, the guy was born two years after I graduated High School. He will need to get some help with his writing skills, but he won't be the first writer to improve his skills as he matures. Like Stephen Baxter and Ben Bova, I believe that Wilson has a big career in writing if he wants. Another good thing about Wilson, is that even though he knows the in's and outs of robotics, he does not bore us with all the technical jargon. There is solid Science Fiction in almost each and every chapter and those of us who have been reading Sci-Fi for a while have grown used to putting up with lower writing skills to get the science we crave. I am a sucker for A-I, Robots or Vulcan type characters. Larson's Swarm, the concept and chapter by chapter development kept me interested. Putting the bad writing aside, the use of present tense, the lack of character development, etc, I still liked the book. When it comes to robots the guy knows what he is talking about, his writing in this novel can be sophomoric and I agree with the reviewer that complained about the present tense form. He has a PhD in Robotics among other degree's. This is Wilson's first novel, not his first book. There were plenty of off the wall sayings for me to pick as the title for this, such as: Leave enough ticks on a dog and pretty soon there ain't no dog left or A mechanic is just an engineer in blue jeans or It's the Cowboy Way. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and daughter. He is the author of such nonfiction works as How to Survive a Robot Uprising. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.

Robopocalypse is a brilliantly conceived action-filled epic, a terrifying story with heart-stopping implications for the real technology all around us…and an entertaining and engaging thriller unlike anything else written in years.ĭaniel H. When the Robot War ignites - at a moment known later as Zero Hour - humankind will be both decimated and, possibly, for the first time in history, united. soldier who witnesses a ‘pacification unit’ go haywire - but most are unaware of the growing rebellion until it is too late.

In the months leading up to this, sporadic glitches are noticed by a handful of unconnected humans - a single mother disconcerted by her daughter’s menacing “smart” toys, a lonely Japanese bachelor who is victimized by his domestic robot companion, an isolated U.S. Taking on the persona of a shy human boy, a childlike but massively powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos comes online and assumes control over the global network of machines that regulate everything from transportation to utilities, defense and communication. In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. They are in the skies… Now they’re coming for you.

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson