Looking for a good Machines Vs Humans book

[Clintonista2]

Terminator 4 has put me in the mood. I've read the Brian Herbert prequel to Dune series, that was pretty good. Does anybody know of any good sci-fi "humans vs machines/computers" novels?

[Dogmudgeon]

1. I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

It's a short story. But it's one of the best.

Harlan Ellison wrote it. It's easy to find in anthologies and in Ellison collections.

--d!

[pnorman]

3. Here it is on-line:

http://web.archive.org/web/20070227202043/http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/ellison/ellison1.html

And here's it's Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Scream

Frankly, I don't think I'll be reading it tonight.

pnorman

[rox63]

5. Ellison can make me weep and laugh in the same story, all while scaring the crap out of me

He's a brilliant writer. I hear he's a total dickweed as a human being, but I love his writing.

[Orrex]

9. If you tell him that you love his writing, he'll attack you

But if you tell him that he's a total dickweed, he'll probably agree with you!


He's got a unique place in the canon, that's for sure!

[Orrex]

11. Thanks for the link!

But I hate the layout of the page! That two-color background is super-annoying.


Thank goodness for copy-and-paste...

[DJ13]

2. Isaac Asimov's Robot Series

Isaac Asimov's Robot Series is a series of books by Isaac Asimov, both collections of short stories and novels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov's_Robot_Series
Isaac Asimov's Robot Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[rox63]

4. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

The movie "Blade Runner" was based on this book.

[YankeyMCC]

6. Hyperion cantos

by Dan Simmons

Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds

[Dr. Strange]

7. I just got a copy of "Berserker Prime" real cheap.

I haven't read anything in the Berserker series, but I always thought it sounded interesting.

http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue355/books2.html

By the way, have you read the last two books of Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson's: Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune. I was only marginally impressed with their prequel stuff, but what they do with the human/machine duality in these two books is rather interesting.

[pscot]

8. Try THE COMPLETE BOLO

by Kieth Laumer. Linked short stories. An oldie but goodie. The machines are awesome.

[Orrex]

10. Maybe you could find a novelization of "Transmorphers"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmorphers

I'm sure it's the best thing in the history of s/f...

[Orrex]

12. You could check out PKD's short story Autofac from 1955

And the Wiki link also mentions Pohl's The Waging of Peace, which I haven't read.

[MicaelS]

13. Forge of God by Greg Bear

And it's sequel Anvil of Stars.

http://www.amazon.com/Forge-God-Greg-Bear/dp/0765301075

http://www.amazon.com/Anvil-Stars-Greg-Bear/dp/0765318148/ref=pd_sim_b_7

It you want a series then, I recommend Gregory Benford's Galactic Center series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Center_Saga

[Mopar151]

14. The Neuromancer Trilogy

William Gibson

Neuromancer
Count Zero
Mona Lisa Overdrive