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Quiet a while ago I watched the move based on this book. I can say this book is very different than the movie.
In this book is where we get Assimovs famous 3 laws of robotics and is the start of Assivmoves foundation univerise. Each chapter reads like a short story and chronicles the Evolution of Robots and AI to their eventual domination of humanity. From the start of "dumb robots" who can't speak but just do as programmed to the humanoid AI advance robot who manuevers themselves into positions of power over all of our affairs
This was a good read and I would reccommend it to anyone as a classic of science ficiton
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Quiet a while ago I watched the move based on this book. I can say this book is very different than the movie.
In this book is where we get Assimovs famous 3 laws of robotics and is the start of Assivmoves foundation univerise. Each chapter reads like a short story and chronicles the Evolution of Robots and AI to their eventual domination of humanity. From the start of "dumb robots" who can't speak but just do as programmed to the humanoid AI advance robot who manuevers themselves into positions of power over all of our affairs
This was a good read and I would reccommend it to anyone as a classic of science ficiton
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Too long but good.
Lots happening. Gods. War, burning cities and overall alot happenning but also a long read. At times struggled to keep my attention but overall enjoyed the read
Too long but good.
Lots happening. Gods. War, burning cities and overall alot happenning but also a long read. At times struggled to keep my attention but overall enjoyed the read
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This is the 1st Neal Asher book I have read and am glad its a stand alone, which works better a intro to his works.
Weaponized is a scifi story with big ideas. Those big ideas are however nothing new or orginal which is why I did not rate it higher. memory wipes, genetic engineering, AI controlling society, human augmentation etc... nothing that has not been explored in scifi before.
That being said it does exlpore the question of at what point do we cease to be human. When does Genetic engineer and bio tech augmentation cross the line into something beyond or not human any more. Certainly a good question and one that I beleive philosphers will struggle with for yrs to come.
Ursula is our main character who struggles with that exact question as she leads a colony in a fight for survival against 2 enemies determine to destroy her and end her mission.
I dont have alot to say but I did enjoy the book, the ideas and the characters were ok, I didnt feel much in the way of connection with the characters as it was more the plot that kept me reading and I enjoyed it enough that I will probably check out more of Neal Ashers books in his polity universe or otherwise.
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This is the 1st Neal Asher book I have read and am glad its a stand alone, which works better a intro to his works.
Weaponized is a scifi story with big ideas. Those big ideas are however nothing new or orginal which is why I did not rate it higher. memory wipes, genetic engineering, AI controlling society, human augmentation etc... nothing that has not been explored in scifi before.
That being said it does exlpore the question of at what point do we cease to be human. When does Genetic engineer and bio tech augmentation cross the line into something beyond or not human any more. Certainly a good question and one that I beleive philosphers will struggle with for yrs to come.
Ursula is our main character who struggles with that exact question as she leads a colony in a fight for survival against 2 enemies determine to destroy her and end her mission.
I dont have alot to say but I did enjoy the book, the ideas and the characters were ok, I didnt feel much in the way of connection with the characters as it was more the plot that kept me reading and I enjoyed it enough that I will probably check out more of Neal Ashers books in his polity universe or otherwise.
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Overall a really good read and I can't wait to get into the rest of the series
My only complaint is the time spent in the Aching God's temple was way too short relative to the build up to the temple itself but otherwise great read
Overall a really good read and I can't wait to get into the rest of the series
My only complaint is the time spent in the Aching God's temple was way too short relative to the build up to the temple itself but otherwise great read
