Robots!

Robots can be funny, unsettling, or downright scary. Try one of these!

Updated May 23, 2024
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Annie bot : a novel
Greer, Sierra
Paper Book
"Provocative...a Frankenstein for the digital age...a rich text about power, autonomy, and what happens when our creations outgrow us." -- Esquire "Unexpected and subtle...delicious and thought-provoking." -- New Scientist For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark...
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: A Novel
Green, Hank
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Who has the right to change the world forever?  How will we live online?  How do we find comfort in an increasingly isolated world?   The Carls disappeared the same way they...
Burn-in : a novel of the real robotic revolution
Singer, P. W.
Audiobook
An FBI agent hunts a new kind of terrorist through a Washington, DC, of the future in this groundbreaking book--at once a gripping techno-thriller and a fact-based tour of tomorrow. America is on the brink of a revolution, one both technological and political....
Day zero : a novel
Cargill, C. Robert
Paper Book
In this harrowing apocalyptic adventure--from the author of the critically acclaimed Sea of Rust--noted novelist and co-screenwriter of Marvel's Doctor Strange C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world. It was...
In the lives of puppets
Klune, TJ
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER! New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. Most Anticipated...
Klara and the sun : a novel
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is "an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a...
A prayer for the Crown-Shy
Chambers, Becky
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller! "Tender and healing... I'm prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning, kind, necessary." --Sarah Gailey on book 1: A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness...
Robots and empire
Asimov, Isaac
Paper Book
Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on a plan to destroy planet Earth. But even after his death, Baley's vision continued to guide his robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, who had the wisdom of a great man behind him and an indestructable will...
Robots vs fairies
Parisien, Dominik
Paper Book
Featured in the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots A unique anthology of all-new stories that challenges authors to throw down the gauntlet in an epic genre battle and demands an answer to the age-old question: Who is more awesome--robots or fairies? ...
Set my heart to five : a novel
Stephenson, Simon
Paper Book
"Science fiction satire in the Vonnegut mold."--Cory Doctorow *SET TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY EDGAR WRIGHT (SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD)* 'A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human.'--Simon Pegg 'One of the most unique...
Synapse
James, Steven
Paper Book
Thirty years in the future, when AI is so advanced that humans live side by side with cognizant humanoid robots called Artificials, Kestrel Hathaway must come to terms not just with what machinesknow,but with what theybelieve. Soon after experiencing a personal tragedy,...

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