In the book
Robopocalypse the central theme is a warning not to "play god" because at some point things will get out of hand. The book starts deep into the war and then the first fifth is told in flashbacks taking form of transcripts, security footage, etc. the first civilian attack happens in chapter 2 Jeff Thompson, a worker at a fast food gas station in Oklahoma, is encountered by a type of android called a "Big Smiley" during his shift. So his coworker Felipe have to defend themselves from the robot. This is a good example of the theme because the first quote of the chapter says, "It looks me right in the eyes man. And I can tell it's ...
thinking. Like it's alive. And p***ed off" (Wilson 21). It showed how innovation can go too far and how controlling everything can come back to bite us.
If you click
here it will bring you to a review of the book. The review states that "Robopocalypse wants so badly to be World War Z (by Max Brooks) with evil robots that it's disappointing when it doesn't capture the book's best aspects" (VanDerWerff) but I still recommend it.
this code leads to the book trailer
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This book seems action packed and really could hook me in!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to read this book for my project.I think I should read this.
ReplyDeletethis book sounds really good and entertaining i like the theme and the voice in the trailer is really creepy, lastly it kind of reminds me of I- Robot the movie
ReplyDeleteThis book seems very good with lots of action and a very futuristic theme to it. Looks like a book that I would want to read.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I understood about the book through the reviews and video, you described the theme perfectly. The plot sounds very interesting and I think I may look into it. You did a good job convincing people to read this book.
ReplyDeleteI'e seen that a lot of people have read this book. Is it any good? I'm looking for good books in the future.
ReplyDeleteThis book seems so interesting, because I know a few people who can build or work with robots. I would love to be able to build a robot, but I would not want it to take over the world.
ReplyDeleteSpencer I too read this book I found it very engaging and a page turner. It seemed to amplify all of the good and bad things about humanity in so few pages. It was so good I read it cover to cover the day I got it, didn't get bored once.
ReplyDeleteThis has been on my list of things to read for a little while. I liked the book review that you linked to this post.
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