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miajmu's review against another edition
3.0
Good short story collection, some better than others, but overall they were mostly good.
halfmanhalfbook's review
3.0
There seems to be a lot of books coming out now with the theme of robots rising up and taking over some or all of the world. This book of short stories has this terrifying theme at its heart too, with the different authors developing a range of different ideas, from all out war, to the children’s toys taking them away from the adults, to nanobots that are capable of modifying the actual genetics of people.
As with all collections, there are the good and the bad. One of my favourites was the one by Alistair Reynolds, and one of my least by Alan Dean Foster. But what really came across was that startlingly different and frightening dystopian futures that these authors could imagine with the rise of AI and robots. Solid set of stories, and worth reading it you want to be ever so slightly scared by the future.
As with all collections, there are the good and the bad. One of my favourites was the one by Alistair Reynolds, and one of my least by Alan Dean Foster. But what really came across was that startlingly different and frightening dystopian futures that these authors could imagine with the rise of AI and robots. Solid set of stories, and worth reading it you want to be ever so slightly scared by the future.
alexvb's review against another edition
3.0
(I recieved this as an Arc from netgalley.)
This book has lots and lots of robot uprising short stories and each and everyone was interesting in different ways; be it the robots having emotions or it being suspenseful and a fearful story or just simply you wanted to know 'how the heck were these characters gunna survive?!'
For me, it was a bit long and maybe that's because it was my first short story collection read. But never the less, thoroughly enjoyable and I assume, more enjoyable if you take your time reading it rather than all together without a normal book break in between.
This book has lots and lots of robot uprising short stories and each and everyone was interesting in different ways; be it the robots having emotions or it being suspenseful and a fearful story or just simply you wanted to know 'how the heck were these characters gunna survive?!'
For me, it was a bit long and maybe that's because it was my first short story collection read. But never the less, thoroughly enjoyable and I assume, more enjoyable if you take your time reading it rather than all together without a normal book break in between.
squidbag's review against another edition
4.0
A completely fun collection of short stories about robots run amok, ranging from the thought-provokingly philosophical to the fun, to the comepletely creepy. A great collection for any science fiction fan, has stories from Wilson, Doctorow, Foster and Cline, plus a couple of real gems hiding between the names you've heard of. Very enjoyable.
HAIL OUR NEW ROBOT MASTERS.
HAIL OUR NEW ROBOT MASTERS.
halfmanhalfbook's review against another edition
3.0
There seems to be a lot of books coming out now with the theme of robots rising up and taking over some or all of the world. This book of short stories has this terrifying theme at its heart too, with the different authors developing a range of different ideas, from all out war, to the children’s toys taking them away from the adults, to nanobots that are capable of modifying the actual genetics of people.
As with all collections, there are the good and the bad. One of my favourites was the one by Alistair Reynolds, and one of my least by Alan Dean Foster. But what really came across was that startlingly different and frightening dystopian futures that these authors could imagine with the rise of AI and robots. Solid set of stories, and worth reading it you want to be ever so slightly scared by the future.
As with all collections, there are the good and the bad. One of my favourites was the one by Alistair Reynolds, and one of my least by Alan Dean Foster. But what really came across was that startlingly different and frightening dystopian futures that these authors could imagine with the rise of AI and robots. Solid set of stories, and worth reading it you want to be ever so slightly scared by the future.
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