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Author
Series
Descender volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Ten years after planet-sized robots called Harvesters appeared and wreaked havoc across the galaxy, a young robot named TIM-21 wakes to find that all robots have been outlawed. But TIM may hold the secrets to the Harvesters in his machine DNA and he quickly becomes the most wanted robot in the universe. With bounty hunters and threats lurking at every turn, TIM embarks on a mind-blowing adventure through the stars along with his robot dog, Bandit,...
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 7
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series. Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there's an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza...
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Sci-Fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good."
The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about...
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Series
Language
English
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"Ever since Goku became Earth's greatest hero and gathered the seven Dragon Balls to defeat the evil Boo, his life on Earth has grown a little dull. But new threats loom overhead, and Goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again in this continuation of Akira Toriyama's best-selling series, Dragon Ball! Goku finally manages to activate the complete version of Ultra Instinct, and he's got Moro on the ropes. However, Moro has one more...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The last thing in the world Alex wanted was an X5, the latest in realistic androids. But after Ada is unexpectedly thrust into his life, he discovers she is more than just a robot. Despite laws against and fear of sentient artificial intelligence, Alex takes a huge risk to unlock Ada so she can think for herself and explore life. But can they survive the consequences?"--Back cover
Author
Series
Descender volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and a world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of Trillium, Sweet Tooth, and Little Gotham.
Author
Series
Descender volume 3
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of Trillium, Sweet Tooth, and Little Gotham. This third volume collects issues #12-16 of the best-selling, critically acclaimed series."--
8) Ex machina
Author
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A young programmer conducts an experiment in which he must evaluate the human qualities of a female A.I.
Author
Series
Descender volume 4
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Tim-21, Telsa and Quon finally escape the Machine Moon and head out on a quest to find the ancient robot who may hold the key to the Harvesters. Meanwhile Andy and his rag-tag team close in on Tim, but their fragile alliance is shattered by Driller's revealtions.
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Description
A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner
By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can’t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They’ve even built...
By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can’t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They’ve even built...
Author
Series
Descender volume 5
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The universe is on the brink of war and the young android TIM-21 has somehow found himself at the center of it all. As his allies and enemies gather above the ocean planet, Mata, nothing can prepare TIM for the secrets that lie hidden below the alien seas."--Page 4 of cover.
12) Network effect
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel, Network Effect. You know that feeling when you're at work, and you've had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot....
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Following a mysterious murder on an island off the coast of Vietnam, a research team convenes to study an octopus community that seems to be developing its own language and culture. Humans, AIs, and animals are swept up in the machinations of governments and corporations in this near-future thriller about the nature of intelligence"--
14) Westworld
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This story of a technological paradise suddenly turned nightmare is a genuine shocker. For $1,000 a day, vacationers can indulge whims at the "theme park" called Westworld where the gunhands and dance-hall girls are all robots programmed to serve the guests' violent and lustful fantasies--until something goes wrong with their circuitry.
15) Blade Runner
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2006, 1991
Language
English
Description
In the year 2019, lifelike robots clash with their human makers in an effort to alter the destiny for which they have been programmed.
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin -- exploring a world in which every human appetite, not matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged. Exploring what it means to be human through the eyes of the lifelike AI "hosts" in the park, the series investigates the boundaries of an exotic world set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past. Meticulously crafted and artfully designed. Westworld...
Author
Series
Descender volume 6
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"All the various factions that have been hunting TIM-21 finally converge around the ocean planet Mata, just as the robots launch their galaxy-wide revolution. But nothing can prepare the young android Tim--or the readers--for what happens next. This climactic chapter...brings the Descender saga to a close and sets the stage for the next mind-bending adventure."--Page 4 of cover
18) After Yang
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When his young daughter's beloved companion, an android named Yang, malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
19) The plus one
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Meet Kelly. Twenty-nine, go-getter, a brilliant robotics engineer, and perpetually single. When her younger sister's wedding looms and her attempts to find a date become increasingly cringeworthy, Kelly does the only logical thing: she builds her own boyfriend.
Kelly is twenty-nine, a go-getter, a brilliant robotics engineer, and perpetually single. When her younger sister's wedding looms and her attempts to find a date become increasingly cringeworthy,...
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 33
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Once hailed as humanity's greatest hope, Eren has since become unrecognizable. With the Attack Titan now morphed into a grotesque, colossal skeleton of its former self, Eren continues to control the wave of Titans laying waste to the world, extinguishing countless homes, towns, and lives in their wake. In order to salvage what's left of humanity, Mikasa, Armin, and the Survey Corps decide to confront Eren head-on. But to stop the Rumbling, they'll...