Robot Fiction

Fact: Robots are awesome. They have lasers for eyes, rockets for feet, and supercomputers for brains! Plus, robots never have to eat steamed beans or take baths, or go to bed. If only there were some sort of magical “Robo-Sauce” that turned squishy little humans into giant awesome robots.... Well, now there is.

Summer camp is in full swing and Rebekah is on the lookout daily for a mystery that needs solving. Currently, she's obsessed with staking out the lake and the rumored monster that may live there. When she spots a lone canoe with something strange within it, her thoughts grow wild with ideas about what this could mean and how it is that the canoe keeps disappearing.

Meet Charles™, the latest in robot servant technology. Programmed to undertake the most menial household chores, Charles is loyal, efficient and logical to a fault. That is, until a rather large fault causes him to murder his owner. Understandably perplexed, Charles finds himself without a master – therefore worthless in a society utterly reliant on artificial labour and services.

The sequel to The Lives of Tao. The Prophus and the Gengix are at war. For centuries they have sought a way off-planet, guiding humanity's social and technological development to the stage where space travel is possible. The end is now in sight, and both factions have plans to leave the Earth, but the Gengix method will mean the destruction of the human race. That's a price they're willing to pay. It's up to Roen and Tao to save the world. Oh, dear...

After a decade of silence the Battle Engines march once again... The ancient world has given way to chimneys billowing the smoke of industry into the sky of Tarn. With industry comes technology no one a hundred years prior could have dreamed of. And with those dreams came weapons more destructive than ever. The Engines were invented to benefit the people yet were instead used as massive engines of war. The cannons of the great battle engines have been silent for a decade, their marches only echoes from long ago. While the battles are long gone, the scars linger. Then unstable peace is ...

“The Tracing: Secrets Within, is an incredible and brilliantly penned five-star novel that stands out in the science fiction category, whose intriguing plot is set to exhilarate, thrill and enlighten." READER VIEWS "The perfect five star novel for readers who enjoy cutting-edge technology, high-paced action, and strong characters. Highly recommended!" Readers' Favorite __________________________ Imagine that within the spirals of your DNA remain secrets deeper and more intricate than the double helix itself—secrets that Jack Shaw, a molecular scientist grappling with his own ...

Frank is working on a revamped version of one of Nikola Tesla's inventions, the "Electro-Finger", a device that can tap into energy anywhere and allow all of Midville to live off the grid, with free wireless and solar energy. But this puts Frank in direct conflict with Edison's quest to control all the power and light in Midville, monopolize its energy resources, and get "rich rich rich".

Jax, a rogue Clakker, has wreaked havoc upon the Clockmakers' Guild by destroying the Grand Forge. Reborn in the flames, he must begin his life as a free Clakker, but liberation proves its own burden. Berenice, formerly the legendary spymaster of New France, mastermind behind her nation's attempts to undermine the Dutch Hegemony, has been banished from her homeland and captured by the Clockmakers Guild's draconian secret police force.

A stellar graveyard hides a wondrous secret.The Sargasso: a vast, unclaimed region of galactic space that somehow traps passing starships into its mysterious veil. Only the bravest and most foolhardy of crews would dare venture into such a hazardous stellar graveyard to solve its deepest, darkest mysteries. In order to fulfill a matter of honor, the Nepenthe ventures into this dangerous sector to transport a group of religious pilgrims in search of their promised land. As they attempt to unlock the enigma of this strange and deadly area, the intrepid crew stumbles upon an amazing discovery:...

After a few early glitches in their relationship, Sammy and his "bro-bot" E are now fast friends. In fact E is such a valued member of the family that the other electronic occupants of the House of Robots are feeling sorely unappreciated. And when Sammy's inventor mom becomes distracted by a top-secret project, the robots soon begin to fall into disrepair.

[Start Recording] I started out on this journey with a solid plan. All missions need a well-thought-out action plan, don't they? Well, mine had been good, and I'd taken steps to make it succeed. And then the worst thing happened. I failed part one of my mission plan and suddenly I was spinning in circles and lost amongst the stars, deep in the unforgiving Black. Lonely. But every deep space operative has a backup plan, right? Mine just happens to include busting out a group of black-ops agents from a maximum-security prison and beating the enemy at a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. I've ...

Jimmy Roberts' favourite sport to watch is Robot Races, where drivers and their high-tech robot vehicles compete. When the races' founder announces a special version of the competition just for children, Jimmy and his robot, Cabbie, were thrilled to qualify. After finishing second in the first race, they're out to win the next challenge, in the Amazon rainforest - but Jimmy's enemy Horace has other ideas.

Cog looks like a normal 12-year-old boy. But his name is short for “cognitive development”, and he was built to learn. After an accident leaves him damaged, Cog wakes up in an unknown lab - and Gina, the scientist who created and cared for him, is nowhere to be found. Surrounded by scientists who want to study him and remove his brain, Cog recruits four robot accomplices for a mission to find her. Cog, ADA, Proto, Trashbot, and Car’s journey will likely involve much cognitive development in the form of mistakes, but Cog is willing to risk everything to find his way back to Gina.

The thrilling robot sci fi series continues with the third installment by award-nominated author Cameron Coral… As the enemy AI grows stronger, the world becomes more deadly for a timid robot and his found family. Block, the CleanerBot who has risked everything to protect Wally, the little girl he cares for, must now do everything in his power to track her down. But how does a harmless robot infiltrate the deadly SoldierBots who hold her captive in this action-packed science fiction adventure? A Desperate Race Against Human and AI Foes Block and his motley crew of renegade robots journey ...

The War Makers Are On Allegra Matthew is in for a very rude awakening. The Beets he has been fighting are not the only threat on Allegra. It seems the War Makers are on Allegra and they're proving themselves to be capable killers. Now Matthew has to deal with them. The War Makers are such fearsome foes that the Dawn Expeditionary Force leader, Legate Hamilton, has volunteered the service of his best men. Join Matthew as he fights to save Allegra! Warpath is the seventeenth book in the short story military sci-fi series The Battle for Allegra. Dive into this tale as new alien species are ...

A spaceship from Earth accidentally crossed through a hole in space-time to a universe where the force of gravity is one billion times as strong as the gravity we know. Somehow the crew survived, aided by the fact that they emerged into a cloud of gas surrounding a black hole, which provided a breathable atmosphere. Five hundred years later, their descendants still struggle for existence, divided into two main groups. The Miners live on the Belt, a ramshackle ring of dwellings orbiting the core of a dead star, which they excavate for raw materials.

When Pete's friends don't want to play the same games as he does, Pete has a great idea - he'll build a robot that will do whatever he tells it to. But when Robo-Pete gets a little out of control, Pete learns an important lesson about friendship.

Wyatt survived the initial destruction, but he’s lost someone important to him. While he fights to distract himself from harsh realities, he ventures for the rendezvous point, eager to reconnect with his past. Blaze and his son, Luke, travel south, deeper into Mexico, in an effort to shut the remaining Rings off at the Nu-En facility. But Alan’s odd behavior and sordid past leave many questions unanswered. Luna discovers just how strong she can be and treks across the deadly country with her new friend. While reluctant to trust anyone, Luna finds she has no choice.

Get ready for your first holoball match! Jojo is the newest member on his team. He’s had to make lots of changes so he can play—he’s a cyborg now, which means he’s part human and part robot! His new additions allow him to see and play with holograms and have the entire internet available to him at all times. He must work together with his teammates to outwit the other team and score a victory!

Isaac Asimov, creador de la palabra robótica, nos ofrece treinta y seis relatos cortos y ensayos sobre robots, que resumen todo su preclaro pensamiento sobre el desarrollo futuro de esta ciencia.