How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion

How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion | Daniel H. Wilson | Humorous and thorough

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	How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion Daniel H. Wilson Bloomsbury USA, 2005 - 176 pages average customer review:based on 33 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Boon to SF Writers

Daniel H. Wilson has provided a handsome and irreverent guide to survival in the face of the inevitable robot rebellion. This is not, however, a mere joke book about robots. Wilson is a Ph.D. candidate in the subject and, correspondingly, his discussions not only invoke well-known robot-based apocalyptic stories but involve numerous descriptions of existing robot technologies and speculations on how they may be refined in the future.

The book is an engaging and relatively painless introduction to robotics. For those interested in science fiction, particularly in writing it, Wilson offers an up-to-date overview of robotics technology as it stands as well as a wealth of technical terms and buzz words. The humor is based almost entirely on well-known "evil robot" plotlines, and so the text is also useful for steering the potential writer away from cliches. The quality of the humor, however, is hit-and-miss. Some of the jokes are quite funny, some are groaners, and some simply fall flat. Occasional bad grammar detracts from the overall presentation.

Simultaneously educational and fun, How to Survive a Robot Uprising will make a good read for technophiles, sf fans, and B movie buffs.

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Humorous and thorough

I highly recommend this book for educated people who nevertheless know nothing about robots aside from what they've seen in movies and on TV. The book rarely goes into technical detail, but does leave the reader with a solid understanding of where robotics is, and where we can expect the field to go. The layout is fresh and entertaining.

Not as funny as I had hoped

As a CMU alumni and having taken several classes and worked in the robotics department, I felt obligated to get this book, and I had high hopes. Unfortunately, I found the book's title and premise far more amusing than the contents of the book. Perhaps my expectations where too high, but I did not find the book nearly as humorous as I had hoped.

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