Robot Fiction

In preparation for the first manned mission to Mars, NASA’s latest robotic rover, Mars Prospector, has been sent to the Red Planet to survey potential landing zones. But when something unsettling was captured by the rover’s camera, it triggers a series of disturbing events for Dr. Wayne Parsons and his small JPL rover team that will place into question if we are truly alone in the universe.

Max isn't always sweet and bubbly. That wouldn't be an issue except for the fact that she's programmed to be. "Max" isn't even her real name. She's a Libby—one of the most popular A.I.Cademy Girl social robots, which top the sales charts for girls ages eight to twelve. They look almost human and there’s a companion to fit every personality. Wendys are smart. Robins are sporty. Noras are artistic. And Libbys? As the box they come in says: Always chipper, cheerful, and sweet, Libby(TM) makes the perfect friend.

New to town, Bea is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. You know the type: very cheery, very friendly, very average. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet observer who hasn’t made a new friend since third grade. He’s not a big fan of people in general... but he’s willing to make an exception for her. Maybe.

Un ragazzino geniale, appassionato di robotica, diventa amico di un robot alieno col quale crescerà vivendo avventure incredibili e lottando per salvare il mondo da pericolosi alieni. La vita, le passioni e le avventure di Joshua Russell sono raccontate in un intreccio di cospirazioni, pericoli e insidie per il nostro pianeta. Emozioni, amicizia e suspense si mescolano con argomenti importanti come l’ecologia, la guerra, i rischi della tecnologia per la vita umana ma soprattutto con l’etica e l’onore.

The most spectacular theme park in the world is headed to the Big Apple. After Atlanta, Cam Walker and his family are ready to turn over a new leaf with Futureland. This is where dreams literally come true, and the Walkers are going to show the people of New York City that their park is back and better than ever. But trouble isn’t done with the Walkers yet. Glitches keep happening with the park attractions. There's a creepy carnival in town that gives Cam goosebumps. Plus, he just can’t shake the feeling that his family is being watched.

Feeling lonely? Need a friend who thinks you're the best? And can help you with your school work? Well, look no further, Livewires Corporation's latest cyborg child friend model is for you. Feeling lonely? Need a friend? Make friends with a robot kid today! Lyla is thrilled - she’s been chosen to help look after one of the new robot kids at her school. Clara 2.2 is perfect. She can do anything: speak a thousand languages, kick a football into space and make anyone feel special.

Eve parece una niña normal de 12 años, pero su realidad es muy distinta. No tiene apellido ni padres o tutores, y huye de una peligrosa y misteriosa organización que no se detendrá ante nada hasta encontrarla. Y lo más extraño de todo este asunto: es un robot, un producto de Laboratorios Edén. Cuando Eve descubre la verdad, se da cuenta de que todo lo que había conocido hasta ahora era una mentira y escapa del laboratorio, el único hogar que había tenido.

The complete set of three short stories that set up the Sick Robot universe in which robots infected with human cancer cells become mortal, fall in love, and decide they're more than a little tired of being second-class citizens into the city they helped build. Blending cyber and steampunk to create a retro-fusion landscape where pets are 4-D printed and people travel in tubes of compressed air, these stories will transport you into a world of surreal beauty.

Everyone wants a ticket to Futureland, where you can literally live out your wildest dreams. Want to step inside your favorite video game? Go pro in a sports arena? Perform at a real live concert? Grab your ticket and come right in.

Ryan is lonely. He’s an only child and his dad is away serving in the military. He can’t have pets and all he wants is a dog. So he decides to make one. He loves computers and building things, but everyone thinks he’s just playing around, making a toy. He focuses on creating the best Kay-9 he can but can he prove that his robot dog isn’t just a toy?

If Aiden Manchester had to have a superpower, why couldn't it be something useful like predicting the future? Or Jedi mind tricks? Instead, he's afflicted with manifestations - balls of goo which materialize in midair while he sleeps. But then, Aidan learns he was a "Quiver Kid", one of seven orphaned babies drafted for an illicit experiment at Tau Nine-One.

Humans from the inner planets and robots from the outer planets have engaged in a planetary war in which no side won. Both sides have retreated to their respective zones, searching for a superweapon that will allow them to annihilate the other. Robots believe they have a plan and only one man can stop them.

The robot Adam-2 has been locked in the basement of a lost building for over 200 years - until one day he is discovered by two children, and emerges into a world ruined by a civil war between humans and advanced intelligence. Hunted by both sides, Adam discovers that he holds the key to the war, and the power to end it - to destroy one side and save the other. But which side is right? Surrounded by enemies who want to use him, and allies who mistrust him, Adam must decide who - and what - he really is.

Drew is a service robot. He’s as happy as a service robot can reasonably expect to be, until he discovers porn - and decides to construct the vital part he’s missing. Meanwhile, tech geek Dennis can’t work out who is letting his dog crap on his doorstep, until he stumbles on the secret to looking back in time.

The cybernetic veteran Colonel Shona Morven launches rapid attacks against civilian colonies and cities from world to world, causing destruction wherever he travels. No matter how hard the Dragoons fights, the Colonel is always one step ahead and escapes before the Dragoons can reach him. They plan to capture him by luring him to a Union shipyard on the jungle planet of Olax II. The hunt for Colonel Shona Morven begins, but he is no fool, and he put his own plan into action to draw in the dragoons to a trap he’s planned from the very beginning.

Part two of Robot Commandos, a thrilling new series of short-listen adventures that follow Takashi Hiraku and the Robot Commandos. An elite unit of augmented warriors that charge into battle supported by an army of robotic drones. Takashi Hiraku may have survived the battle of Harmine, but he did not escape unscathed. Badly wounded he is offered the chance to join the elite unit of Robot Commandos. This special force makes use of high-tech combat armor known as Dragoon MK II Battle Armour.

Chonrad, Lord of Barle, comes to the fortified temple of Heartwood for the Congressus peace talks, which Heartwood’s holy knights have called in an attempt to stave off war in Anguis. But the Arbor, Heartwood’s holy tree, is failing, and because the land and its people are one, it is imperative the nations try to make peace.

Daniel Rhyse, nineteen, the youngest professor on campus, teaches ethics at the prestigious Cambridge Institute of Science, CIS (affectionately know as “Kiss”). But after he is ordered to give undeserved A's to the school's crack robotics team members, he realizes that he’s nothing more than a glorified rubber stamp. Rhyse has two choices: quit in protest, or accept being a doormat.

"Приключения Электроника" - цикл детских научно-фантастических повестей Евгения Велтистова о мальчике-роботе Электронике и его двойнике - школьнике Серёже Сыроежкине приобрёл необычайную известность после экранизации первых двух повестей.

Everything in New Braintree was efficient, comfortable, and convenient, but tightly controlled by PACE, a technology provider with dark ambitions of global dominance. And their proposed justice robot, MAX, is more of a politician than a judge, and lacks even simulated ethics. Railas, now fully operational, is the only alternative. He cannot be intimidated or bribed, and he was created to work against tyranny. His team has high hopes to restore justice and defeat PACE. But while Railas and his team investigate MAX and his motives, he finds something worse.