by Daniel H WilsonFic Wilson, Daniel H
Robopocalypse had considerable hype behind it before it even was on bookshelves due to the fact that Steven Spielberg's production company optioned the rights to it based off of an early draft. After the book came out it and people read it; it became the book known as "the World War Z with robots." This due to similar plot and writing structure of the two. World War Z by Max Brooks has been a good seller and is also being turn into a movie starring Brad Pitt and coming to theaters at the end of 2012. I have never read it, but I did get an advanced read of Robopocalypse and after sitting on one of my bookshelves with other need to read books I decided why not. I was coming down from finishing the great Ready Player One and was looking for another good science fiction book to read. I was rather pleased with this book. I only wish that Linda Hamilton had done the audio book to give it that real Terminator vibe.
The book starts off with the war on robots over and one of the main characters is going through and trying to reconstruct a history of how it started and how humanity on a world wide front was able to beat them. The plot starts from the beginning of true A.I. coming into being and from there each chapter is told through a particular point of view. The author does a good job of ending each chapter with how certain tactics will become to mean more in the future as well as give you a sense of how robots existed in the world before they turned.
I can't wait til the movie is all I can really say. The book is very enjoyable and has the popcorn fueled feel to it were this isn't a high achievement in literary terms but one fun ride and a real page turner. Discovery is a large part in the enjoyment so if a book called Robopocalypse sounds like something you would enjoy then I am sure you will.
