War. War never changes.Wait a sec. This is almost like that, but grittier and uglier and the tiny, tiny pieces of hope or light that keep these shattered remnants of minds, whether human, hybrid, or robot alive are well below the threshold of survivability.That is... unless you're a MACHINE. Um. Yeah. Well, this is all about the blurring of the lines between what is human and what is robot. A total transhumanist war riding on the entrails of the decimation of humanity, where the only people who

Yeah, well...that was disappointing. I read and reviewed Robopocalypse in 2012 and really liked it (4/5 stars). So, when I saw Robogenesis on Netgalley, I hit the request button as quickly as possible. One of the things that worked for Robopocalypse was that there was one primary narrator (even though it did jump stories with each chapter change). Cormac was the thread that tied everything together. The narrator for Robogenesis, Arayt Shah, isn't nearly as effective. Once again, each chapter wou...

When I first heard about this sequel to Robopocalypse, I was more annoyed than interested to read it, as this clearly meant that the big bad robot did not die at the end, as we had all thought. Well, if there is one lesson that Hollywood ‘sci-fi’ has taught us, they never do, do they?Then curiosity got the better of me, as I kept on wondering how on earth you follow Robopocalypse with Robogenesis. Surely the latter should be first in the order of things? I am glad I did decide to read it. Not on...

Was I entertained? Yes, I was entertained.But the overall tone of the book was relentlessly grim, with an awful lot of body horror stuff. Might not be for all tastes.

"In its last days, the thinking machine known as Archos R-14 was trying to know humanity. It mastered the art of capturing a human mind. When it died, it left behind the tools. I found stories trapped in patterns of neurons. Using scavenged hardware, I took three accounts straight from three minds and I lined them up from beginning to end and back again. Three times to tell it. Three times to understand. They say history is written by the victors, but this right here is told by its victims. My n...

I really liked Daniel H. Wilson’s Robopocalypse. The book took a tired premise and delivered a story that was sleek and cool. It was also a surprisingly dark novel, with scenes of horror mixed in with all the sci-fi tech talk.The sequel, Robogenesis, falls a bit short.The war between man and machine has ended but many questions remain. We rejoin the first book’s surviving heroes as they try to get by in the changed world. Old allies are now enemies. Old enemies are now potential allies. And now

The characters and dialogue in this were as entertaining as the first installment. However, there were a lot more logic leaps that didn’t really work for me. I am now completely confused on the motivations of Archos. Though I am fascinated by the deep thinking predecessors that we learn something about in this story. I was not a fan of the back-tracking narrative either. In Robopocalypse we jump from character to character, but in chronological order. In this one, we stick with a few characters

From the ashes of the Human/Robot war, a new enemy rises.Just as visceral and character driven as the first book, Robopocalypse, but told in a slightly more straight-forward novel style, humankind's fight against the machines continues. With huge twisting circumstances, and the addition of new hybrid forms of life, this book not only rocks on its own, but makes you look at what came before in totally different ways.

It wasn’t bad, but...I kinda felt like Robopocalypse should’ve just been a stand alone. It felt, I don’t know...forced? I absolutely loved book one, book two was just okay for me.

I loved this book. The writing is great and the story kept me interested all the way through!!!!!Love from page one!Couldn't stop reading!My favorite of the newly upcoming book series!so awesome!Another great story in the Robopocalypse's series!Intriguing characters, great action and and ending that will blow your mind!A must read for all scifi/Rockman X/Megaman X/cybernetic revolt/robot's uprising/Terminator's movie sagas/military-scifi/Borgs/Machine's uprising/GURPS Reign of Steel/apocalypse/p...

”In its last days, the thinking machine known as Archos R-14 was trying to know humanity. It mastered the art of capturing the human mind. When it died, it left behind the tools. I found stories trapped in patterns of neurons. Using scavenged hardware, I took three accounts straight from three minds and I lined them up from beginning to end and back again. Three times to tell it. Three times to understand. They say history is written by the victors, but this right here is told by its victims. My...

This book hit me by surprise. I thought Robopocalypse was a stand alone book and worked quite well at that. The sequel is just OK. It felt shoehorned in to give us a sequel. The gist of the book is that there's another A.I. threatening both humanity and the freeborn. The robots are still evolving while new creatures are appearing throughout the world. The book is divided into thirds and I didn't care for the first part focusing on Lark Iron Cloud and Hank Cotton much at all. It gets better once

I wanted to love this because I loved Robopocalypse but I just didn't. I found it hard to read because it was just so depressing and gruesome. It was well-written and followed the same format as the first one, but it just didn't have the same energy and excitement as the previous novel, mostly I struggled to pick it back up because everything was so dreary and hopeless.

Well, look at that timeframe, almost three months to the day? I must be honest and say the time it took is not solely the books fault. A lot of big life changes and summer activities have negated some of my reading prowess. However that being said and all things consideration, I did not like this second instalment. Is it a bad book? No I don't think so it just wasn't what I wanted. I expected a robopocalypse 2.0 and I didn't get it. Ultimately I find it odd that I didn't like this book, and mayb...

I have wanted to read Robopocalypse since I first heard about it. Before I knew it, the sequel is being released. I have still not read the first book but want to now after reading this one. This is another book that I took a chance with having not read the first one. I was afraid that it would be so, so. Luckily, I am not one of those people who won't read a book unless I have read all the others in the series. Or I might have missed out on how awesome this book turned out to be. I liked the re...

Firstly before I begin I would like to thank Daniel H. Wilson for providing me with an ARC copy. As a big fan of Robopocalypse I felt honoured to be given such a privilege and this review is the least I can do to show my gratitude.Robogenesis is the sequel to the highly praised Robopocalypse. For those who haven't read Robopocalypse in a while I would suggest that you re-read it before Robogenesis. It's not compulsory and you will still understand Robogenesis, but I personally benefited from rea...

I was lucky to get an advanced copy of this book which comes out in June. This is the sequel of Robopocalypse and picks up right after the end of that book. It had been awhile since I read that one so I was happy how the author would give enough background during the story to refresh my memory of what happened previously. An easy 5 star rating for me. We get to revisit our favorite characters from the first book while meeting some new ones. If you enjoyed the first book you will love this one!

I felt like it could have been written better.

I don't usually give books five stars. This is a six star book.Robopocalypse was a smart sci-fi read, but Robogenesis turns it into an epic and is an order of magnitude better. It's like Lord of the Rings--Sci-Fi, with Frodo (Mathilda), Gollum (Hank), Sauron (Arayt), Gandalf (Nine-oh-two), etc. (OK, so that's somewhat of a tortured analogy, but you get the idea).Clear out your reading list and get this book.

Robopocalypse did not impress me and I had no intention of reading on, but hey, I needed another book from my apocalyptic stories reading challenge at Worlds Without End, and the library happened to have a copy soooo...Previously, on robots take over the world, the AI, Archos-14, was defeated by plucky humans and a few free robots. But, as it turns out, Archos-14 wasn't exactly the bad guy, despite its decimation of the human population and the physical alterations it made to some of the survivo...