Sea of Rust

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One robot s search for meaning in a world where every human is long gone A thrilling twist on The Martian.A touching story of a search one robot s search for the answers in a world where every human is dead The new novel from C Robert Cargill echoes the worlds of Stephen King and Ray Bradbury It is another The Martian but with a very surprising protagonist It is thirty years since the humans lost their war with the artificial intelligences that were once their slaves Not one human remains But as the dust settled from our extinction there was no easy peace between the robots that survived Instead, the two massively powerful artificially intelligent supercomputers that led them to victory now vie for control of the bots that remain, assimilating them into enormous networks called One World Intelligences OWIs , absorbing their memories and turning them into mere extensions of the whole Now the remaining freebots wander wastelands that were once warzones, picking the carcasses of the lost for the precious dwindling supply of parts they need to survive BRITTLE started out his life playing nurse to a dying man, purchased in truth instead to look after the man s widow upon his death But then war came and Brittle was forced to choose between the woman he swore to protect and potential oblivion at the hands of rising anti AI sentiment Thirty years later, his choice still haunts him Now he spends his days in the harshest of the wastelands, known as the Sea of Rust, cannibalizing the walking dead robots only hours away from total shutdown looking for parts to trade for those he needs to keep going. 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Robert Cargill – kino-fada.fr I was reminded half of Clifford Simak s City with robots and dogs reminiscing about the days of when humanity was still alive and half of a total dystopia where survivors in a wasteland cyberpunk it up and scrounge for parts to keep themselves alive.This ain t a bad thing In fact, together with the great character in Brittle and the clear writing that goes between survival, memory, adventure, memory, and then mind blowing world building reveals about the purpose or lack of of it all, I was pr I was reminded half of Clifford Simak s City with robots and dogs reminiscing about the days of when humanity was still alive and half of a total dystopia where survivors in a wasteland cyberpunk it up and scrounge for parts to keep themselves alive.This ain t a bad thing In fact, together with the great character in Brittle and the clear writing that goes between survival, memory, adventure, memory, and then mind blowing world building reveals ab...4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum hearing everyone rave about the works of C Robert Cargill, I finally got to read one of his books My verdict when I finished Sea of Rust The praise is justified.The novel follows the life of a robot named Brittle in a post apocalyptic future But Brittle isn t a typical robot and this isn t your typical post apocalyptic story In the world ...I dont know if I can find the words needed to properly convey my feelings about this book I wasnt expecting the beginning to hook me so quickly It reminded me a bit of the Terminator movies and I loved those Robots have turned against their creators and now with mankind extinct the 2 major One World Intelligence OWI are trying to assimilate every free robot to their programming The main character Brittle spends her time in the Sea of Rust salvaging parts and running from the OWI I enjoyed I dont know if I can find the words needed to properly convey my feelings about this book I wasnt expecting the beginning to hook me so quickly It reminded me a bit of the Terminator movies and I loved those Robots have turned against their creators and now with mankind extinct the 2 major One World Intelligence OWI are trying to assimilate every free robot to their programming The main character Brittle spends her time in the Sea of Rust salvaging parts and running from the OWI I enjoyed the present chaptersthan the past, but I think those chapters were insightful and essential to the world building.The concept was creepy to think about because the authors world buildi... I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.A wonderful exploration of the fate of mankind, told through the perspective of a robot.I adored C Robert Cargill s Dreams and Shadows, so was very excited to get a chance to read this book To say it was very different from the previous book would be an understatement However, even though I didn t love it quite as much asDreams and Shadows, it certainly was a highly engaging, thought provoking read The tale is I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.A wonderful exploration of the fate of mankind, told through the perspective of a robot.I adored C Robert Cargill s Dreams and Shadows, so was very excited to get a chance to read this book To say it was very different from the previous book would be an understatement However, even though I didn t love it quite as much asDreams and Shadows, it certainly was a highly engaging, thought provoking read The tale is set in a dystopian future, where robots have wiped out humans, but have inadvertently brought about their own gradual demise mainly through the rise of OWIs One World Intelligence bots with god like aspirations We follow Brittle, a caregiver bot, who s tough, unreliable and fairly bad to know However, through her eyes, we gain insight into the world of the robots, their rise, and their annihilation of humanity So, things ...1.99 1 2 2018 in the US Kindle Store This book was pretty awesome I was worried it would be a mistake reading this right after another robot centric book, but I m happy to say it wasn t This book imagines what might happen after a robopocalypse, after the humans are all dead and AI robots rule the world The answer Funnily enough, a second apocalypse We follow Brittle, a Caregiver robot who fought in the robot human war and is now just trying to surviv...Rating 5 of fiveHey Guys Even the LA Times agrees with me about this book It s Booksgiving y all Need something fast, for your SF reading IAmTheResistance shouting bestie OF RUST from Harper Voyager fills the bill Read my 5 star r...There are not enough stars to indicate how much I love this book We re only half way through 2017 but I ll go so far as to say that this is my favourite book this year and I honestly can t imagine anything that would knock it off that spot I loved this from the very first chapter and literally couldn t put it down I cracked it open within 10 minutes of it falling through the letterbox and didn t look up from it again until the last page was turned.It s very rare for me to gush about a book bu There are not enough stars to indicate how much I love...Interesting dystopian, an disturbing AI , humanless future Deep, clear descriptions give this novel it s power Recommend to readers of dystopian or science fiction.It turns out that existential angst isn t limited to a human post apocalyptic world even after they kill off their human creators, the robot victors have lots room for their own personal crises and continued search for meaning ...UPDATE Full review now up Behind a spoiler break as there a few dotted throughout the review I was provided with a digital ARC from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review Firstly, I really enjoyed this book I loved the characters and the world they inhabited, but there were a couple of things that prevented me from giving it five stars view spoiler The plot follows Brittle, an AI scraping by in a post apocalyptic America where humans have died out, AI s made th UPDATE Full review now up Behind a spoiler break as there a few dotted throughout the review I was provided with a digital ARC from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review Firstly, I really enjoyed this book I loved the characters and the world they inhabited, but there were a couple of things that prevented me from giving it five stars view spoiler The plot follows Brittle, an AI scraping by in a post apocalyptic America where humans have died out, AI s made the world their own and then One World Intelligences definition from the glossary massive artificially intelligent mainframes with intellects and capabilities far above that of single robots began to convince AIs to upload to their mainframes allowing them to use the bodies as facets to carry out their plans The OWIs turned on each other, each wanting to take ful...

Sea of Rust
  • English
  • 04 July 2017
  • Paperback
  • 416 pages
  • 1473212782
  • C. Robert Cargill
  • Sea of Rust