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Sea of Rust
- Narrated by: Christy Meyer
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
Short-listed for the Arthur C Clarke award.
One of Financial Times' Best Books of 2017.
An action-packed postapocalyptic thriller from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic.
Humankind is extinct. Wiped out in a global uprising by the very machines made to serve them. Now the world is controlled by One World Intelligences - vast mainframes that have assimilated the minds of millions of robots.
But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality, and Brittle - a loner and scavenger, focused solely on survival - is one of the holdouts.
Only individuality comes at a price, and after a near-deadly encounter with another AI, Brittle is forced to seek sanctuary. Not easy when an OWI has decided to lay siege to the nearest safe city.
Critically damaged, Brittle has to hold it together long enough to find the essential rare parts to make repairs - but as a robot's CPU gradually deteriorates, all their old memories resurface. For Brittle, that means one haunting memory in particular....
Sea of Rust boldly imagines a future in which no hope should remain, and yet a humanlike AI strives to find purpose among the ruins.
Critic reviews
"Sea of Rust is a 40-megaton cruise missile of a novel - it'll blow you away and lay waste to your heart...visceral, relentless, breathtaking." (Joe Hill, Sunday Times best-selling author)
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- S. Smith
- 02-02-21
Really enjoyed this book.
I loved this book, it was a little different to what I thought the storyline was going to be, but that made it more enjoyable.
The narrator, Christy Meyer did an awesome job, first time listening to her and I would get another book that she reads.
I have the second book that is set in this universe in my wish list I’m now just waiting for it to be released.
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- SloshyDolphin
- 01-11-18
good start but lost it's way
started out five out of five but ran out of steam and just became rather average shoot em up sci fi
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- M. Pownall
- 27-09-20
because a bit sentimental and cheesy
Good story but becomes very sentimental in an American way, moments of brilliant depth mixed by someone who wishes they were making an action film.
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- Mara
- 16-05-23
Great story with great idea beneath!
Great story! Loved it! One of the things I loved most about it that it holds such an interesting and realistic idea of what could happen in case of AI development. Something to be cautious about so the story doesn't come about in real life. 🫣😁
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- 22-10-20
Starts so well
Really great concept with a good start. Then a few stupid details creep in, I tried to push past them. Eventually the plot slides all the way off the rails
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- James Ives
- 24-07-22
Really enjoyed this storu
Loved the story and the narration, the plot takes you through a variety of scenarios, has good back story and is well fleshed out with interesting characters
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- Paul
- 17-08-21
Incredible
I went into this blind not knowing anything about it (except some knowledge of the author)
I can't reccomend it enough
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- Dworkin
- 17-05-19
F.T. Best Book of 2017 - in whose universe?
I struggled to get to the end. I already knew it was p!as poor but I harboured a naive hope that something might pop up in the last pages to justify wasting hours of my life - it didn't only the inevitable hooks for a sequel. Don't go there, it ain't worth it.
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- Nandy Rewman
- 26-12-18
quite addictive
So I wasn't sure what to expect with this book, after I only found out about it from an RT Podcast, but I loved it.
the plot is really quite good and the characters well written. narration was so easy for me to follow, that I could passively listen whilst driving and still enjoy it.
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- George
- 07-08-19
A truly magnificent book!
just a quick review:
> extremely gripping, I couldn't put it down. Listened to this book at every opportunity I could make!
> the performance of the narrator is superb.
> if you like science fiction, then I recommend this book to you.
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