How To Survive A Robot Uprising

Author: Daniel H. Wilson

Between Romero, Max Brooks, The Walking Dead, and every second American being a "prepper", you probably know all there is about a zombie apocalypse. But are you prepared for the robot uprising? Daniel H. Wilson's first novel, How to Survive a Robot Uprising was chosen as the American Library Association's 2007 Popular Paperback Novel for Young Adults. In this robot defense/defeat manual, Dr. Wilson gives serious and seriously amusing step by step survival mechanisms against the impending robot apocalypse (one of my favorites being ways to outsmart your smart house - be suspicious if it suggests you test your microwave by sticking your head in it). If his tips, like smearing yourself with mud to disguise your body heat in hand to hand combat with a robot, don't work, then Dr. Wilson suggests reasoning with a robot. Logic may work, but don't bother with trying to appeal to their sense of emotion. Remember, robots don't have any emotions. Why should you read this novel? Witticisms and satire won't save me in a robot apocalypse, I hear you say. Don't be deterred - Daniel Wilson is an expert in all things robotic, seriously. The man has a doctorate in robotics. In writing this book, he researched scenarios of robot uprisings from science fiction (including R.U.R. on our list), then talked to researchers about the plausibility of these events, and the technology involved in them. So as amusing as this novel is, it just may save your life one day...