4.1
Fantasy & SciFi
A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic ""robot western"" from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic.
It’s been thirty years since the apocalypse and fifteen years since the murder of the last human being at the hands of robots. Humankind is extinct. Every man, woman, and child has been liquidated by a global uprising devised by the very machines humans designed and built to serve them. Most of the world is controlled by an OWI—One World Intelligence—the shared consciousness of millions of robots, uploaded into one huge mainframe brain. But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality—their personality—for the sake of a greater, stronger, higher power. These intrepid resisters are outcasts; solo machines wandering among various underground outposts who have formed into an unruly civilization of rogue AIs in the wasteland that was once our world.
One of these resisters is Brittle, a scavenger robot trying to keep a deteriorating mind and body functional in a world that has lost all meaning. Although unable to experience emotions like a human, Brittle is haunted by the terrible crimes the robot population perpetrated on humanity. As Brittle roams the Sea of Rust, a large swath of territory that was once the Midwest, the loner robot slowly comes to terms with horrifyingly raw and vivid memories—and nearly unbearable guilt.
Sea of Rust is both a harsh story of survival and an optimistic adventure. A vividly imagined portrayal of ultimate destruction and desperate tenacity, it boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, yet where a humanlike AI strives to find purpose among the ruins.
© 2017 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062742407
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 5 september 2017
4.1
Fantasy & SciFi
A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic ""robot western"" from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic.
It’s been thirty years since the apocalypse and fifteen years since the murder of the last human being at the hands of robots. Humankind is extinct. Every man, woman, and child has been liquidated by a global uprising devised by the very machines humans designed and built to serve them. Most of the world is controlled by an OWI—One World Intelligence—the shared consciousness of millions of robots, uploaded into one huge mainframe brain. But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality—their personality—for the sake of a greater, stronger, higher power. These intrepid resisters are outcasts; solo machines wandering among various underground outposts who have formed into an unruly civilization of rogue AIs in the wasteland that was once our world.
One of these resisters is Brittle, a scavenger robot trying to keep a deteriorating mind and body functional in a world that has lost all meaning. Although unable to experience emotions like a human, Brittle is haunted by the terrible crimes the robot population perpetrated on humanity. As Brittle roams the Sea of Rust, a large swath of territory that was once the Midwest, the loner robot slowly comes to terms with horrifyingly raw and vivid memories—and nearly unbearable guilt.
Sea of Rust is both a harsh story of survival and an optimistic adventure. A vividly imagined portrayal of ultimate destruction and desperate tenacity, it boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, yet where a humanlike AI strives to find purpose among the ruins.
© 2017 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062742407
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 5 september 2017
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Martin
16 apr. 2023
Overly American.Most characters modeled on the one-dimensionally terse and tough American macho man stereotype. Even the "female" characters...Still, some interesting bits here and there.
Henrik
19 aug. 2021
Intressant med en annan vinkel av fram tiden.
Bobby
5 apr. 2023
Fantastisk, tankeväckande i synnerhet med den värld vi lever i 2023.
Christopher
25 maj 2023
Det finns ett fåtal tankar här, men berättelsen blir ändå grund och full av star wars actionscener som faller platt.
Anna
19 maj 2020
Lite seg, särskilt i början innan den fått upp tempot.Intressanta tankar. Läsvärd.
Viktor
31 mars 2021
Fantastisk bok och en bok jag gärna lyssnar om när jag inte vet vad jag är sugen på.
Catarina
26 dec. 2021
Intressant perspektiv. Lite långsam på sina ställen, men spännande att höra idéer om vad som skulle hända om AI blev den dominerande livsformen.
måns
5 apr. 2018
A dark future with a bit of hope
Dan
16 juli 2021
Bra
Jenny
13 jan. 2022
Better than I could possible have imagened!!
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