Robots Are People, Too

For millennia, man has considered himself superior to all other beings - that is, until he created something which he could no longer control. When robots and AI entered the picture, man was no longer the all-knowing genius overlooking all the land. This created complications. And potential for great storytelling.

We've gathered a list of some of our favorite heartwarming and heart-wrenching tales of robots here for simplified perusal.

Updated July 5, 2024
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The Wild Robot Wild Robot Series, Book 1
Brown, Peter
Paper Book
A gloriously illustrated story of a robot's adventures in the wild
A psalm for the wild-built
Chambers, Becky
Audiobook
This is how you lose the time war
El-Mohtar, Amal
Paper Book
WINNER OF Hugo Award for Best Novella Nebula Award for Best Novella Reddit Stabby Award for Best Novella British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novella SHORTLISTED FOR 2020 Theodore Sturgeon...
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing A Novel: The Carls Series, Book 1
Green, Hank.
Paper Book
If you came across an absolutely remarkable thing at 3 a.m. in New York City, would you walk away . . . or do the one thing that would change your life forever? The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant...
Blade Runner 2019. 1, Los Angeles
Green, Michael (Screenwriter)
Paper Book
Winner of the 2020 SCRIBE AWARD for best Graphic Novel, this critically acclaimed graphic novel, is the official sequel to the cult classic 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott. Co-written by Michael Green, the Academy Award nominated screenwriter of Logan, Blade Runner...
Annie bot : a novel
Greer, Sierra
Paper Book
'Exquisitely written... asks what it really means to be human' RED 'Intense, compelling' GUARDIAN 'Barbie for girls who like Aphex Twin' SHEENA PATEL She's human in every way that matters. Annie is the perfect girlfriend. She has dinner ready for Doug every night,...
In the lives of puppets
Klune, TJ
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, In the Lives of Puppets is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. 'A deeply stirring...
The mountain in the sea
Nayler, Ray
Paper Book
Sleeping giants
Neuvel, Sylvain
Paper Book
Deadwood, USA. A girl sneaks out just before dark to ride her new bike. Suddenly, the ground disappears beneath her. Waking up at the bottom of a deep pit, she sees an emergency rescue team above her. The people looking down see something far stranger... That girl...
Waking gods
Neuvel, Sylvain
Paper Book
When an alien vessel materialises in London, does it mean peace or war? Waking Gods is the gripping sequel to the ground-breaking thriller Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel. 'A superb, powerful follow-up' SciFiNow What's going on?<...
Tightrope
Quick, Amanda
Paper Book
'A master storyteller' The Huffington Post*New York Times bestselling author*'Quick's ambitious novel, set during the golden age of Hollywood, sparkles with wit and clever plotting' Publishers WeeklyAn unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope...
All systems red
Wells, Martha
Audiobook
All Systems Red is the first tense science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld and Ex Machina. All Systems Red by Martha Wells begins The Murderbot Diaries, a new science fiction action and adventure series that tackles questions of the...

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