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I enjoyed the first novel but not this one. I think this was largely a matter of personal taste, so I do not dispute the positive reviews here. Probably some of the issue is that once the initial idea of an AI attack is unfurled, it is somewhat difficult to top that in terms of surprising and shocking the reader, and this was the case for me.

What I specifically didn't care for was the massively downer plot that involved things like body horror, genocide (and yes, admittedly the last book covered this topic as well), and betrayal, with a plot that was fairly harsh and dystopian, even compared to the last book. It may not have helped that I was reading another sci-fi novel at the same time that had a much happier and upbeat tone, but I think that objectively I just did not like the direction this plot/universe went, and perhaps I spoiled the first novel for myself by reading this one.

Most of all, I think whatever was special about the narrative and ideas (which were well-matched to what the current thinking is about the potentially fatal effects of the emergence of super-intelligence) was lost vs. just imitating the zombie and dystopia craze. The result is that the plot doesn't really make use of the author's AI expertise, and becomes fairly cut-and-paste when compared to what original imagination could have come up with, too much like less rich narratives in the same genre. Nothing about this book felt special, nothing left me thinking about the story or AI afterwords other than one specific narrative that was still pretty shadowy. I have no idea whether there was a third novel, but this book seemed like it was just setting up novel number 3, and had too much carnage at the end to feel good about how things resolved.

So if you do read this book, beware what you are getting into, because it is full of ugliness and fairly unforgiving with how the original cast ended up from the first novel. Maybe that's reality, but it wasn't a reality I cared to invest my time in.


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Robogenesis A Novel Daniel H Wilson 9780385537094 Books Reviews

I originally gave this book 2 stars and said that I couldn't finish it because it was "too sick." Something compelled me to give it another chance (morbid curiosity?) and after all, it's probably not fair to judge the book if you don't finish it. So I finished it. Yes, there are some parts that are really rough to read and I actually did have nightmares from it, but I do have some positive things to say about it. I think the author is very talented. His writing is so vivid, not only giving you all the visuals but also the sounds and the smells. I think his imagination is amazing and I did ultimately enjoy the book. Favorite character Nine Oh Two. Would love to see the movie.

Below is my original 2-star review

I started with Clockwork Dynasty. I loved it. I thought the author's imagination was astonishing. My copy of Robopocalypse couldn't get here soon enough. Loved it. There were sections where the writing was so good that I could see the action like I was there. Naturally I had to have the sequel immediately. Robogenesis arrived. By page 117, I was thinking to myself "now this is just sick." I began to question whether I wanted to spend my limited reading time filling my head with this stuff. With regret, I put the book down and moved on.
I loved Robopocalypse and was interested to see where Daniel H. Wilson would take a sequel. I was not disappointed. In fact, in many ways, I liked this book better than the first. The world feels more familiar and realized in this second book, and it felt more bleak and hopeless than the first. It reminded me of The Empire Strikes Back in many ways in that you know and enjoy the characters, but not everything works out for everyone in the end.

I recommend this book, and Robopocalypse as interesting sci-fi with a lived-in, well though out world with characters that aren't necessarily heroic so much as they are desperate survivors.
I read some of the one star reviews and was a little disappointed that DHW had fallen down after RA so I bought the book as a memory of death of a fine writing mind. Imagine my surprise when I found the book to be delightful, exciting, thrilling, imaginative and full of innovation and philosophical (deeply embedded) insight. What a fun novel and that is the point of fun reading. I read books like this to relax and let my deeper mind spin into the cosmos as my surface mind engages with an interesting manufactured reality. RG achieved this goal splendidly as did RA. Don't hesitate to read this and if you are starting out with this book instead of the first one (RA) then don't worry because RHW provides backgrounders every time he intros a character. Don't hesitate to read Rg.
For the first 90% of this book, it was at least, if maybe not better than Robopocalypse. The characters, Lark Iron Cloud, Cormac, Cherrah, Mathilda and all the others from Robopocalypse were all back and still fighting the good fight, although now against Arayt Shah. I loved it.

However, it felt like Arayt was so strong and commanded such a powerful, the book had no easy way to kill. I always feel that as a big fan of SciFi, I can deal with a pretty big leap of faith when it comes to plot paths. However, this method of getting rid of Arayt and all the robot mysticism inherent in this book and especially at the end was just a bit much for me.

I always hate not to give a glowing review of the books I read because what do I know. I am sure Mr Wilson worked very hard and had many sleepless nights putting this story together. I just didn't like the way this book ended.
I enjoyed the first novel but not this one. I think this was largely a matter of personal taste, so I do not dispute the positive reviews here. Probably some of the issue is that once the initial idea of an AI attack is unfurled, it is somewhat difficult to top that in terms of surprising and shocking the reader, and this was the case for me.

What I specifically didn't care for was the massively downer plot that involved things like body horror, genocide (and yes, admittedly the last book covered this topic as well), and betrayal, with a plot that was fairly harsh and dystopian, even compared to the last book. It may not have helped that I was reading another sci-fi novel at the same time that had a much happier and upbeat tone, but I think that objectively I just did not like the direction this plot/universe went, and perhaps I spoiled the first novel for myself by reading this one.

Most of all, I think whatever was special about the narrative and ideas (which were well-matched to what the current thinking is about the potentially fatal effects of the emergence of super-intelligence) was lost vs. just imitating the zombie and dystopia craze. The result is that the plot doesn't really make use of the author's AI expertise, and becomes fairly cut-and-paste when compared to what original imagination could have come up with, too much like less rich narratives in the same genre. Nothing about this book felt special, nothing left me thinking about the story or AI afterwords other than one specific narrative that was still pretty shadowy. I have no idea whether there was a third novel, but this book seemed like it was just setting up novel number 3, and had too much carnage at the end to feel good about how things resolved.

So if you do read this book, beware what you are getting into, because it is full of ugliness and fairly unforgiving with how the original cast ended up from the first novel. Maybe that's reality, but it wasn't a reality I cared to invest my time in.