Robot Fiction

Doug and his parents are off to visit the grandbots. But when their journey is interrupted by some sheep in the road, Doug goes from downloading information about farm animals to actually interacting with them! Doug gets to learn by doing - he herds sheep, milks a cow, gathers eggs, and then uses good old-fashioned “horse sense” to get their car back on the road. Doug Unplugs on the Farm is a lively celebration of farm life and the value of hands-on learning that will encourage kids to go screen-free and explore the real world!

They sought the box for many years, because held inside that arcane magical artefact was, miraculously, a house. But now its real purpose has become clear - it was a prison, and the infinitely evil being it was built to imprison has been let loose. Now the real quest begins in earnest. This direct sequel to the critically acclaimed The World House is an extraordinary modern fantasy, like an episode of Doctor Who imagined by the twisted mind of Clive Barker.

The Good-Hearted Robot is an audiobook for children that adults will love to listen to also because of its timeless mind-blowing message. The story shows how God, the creator of everything, so loved a brilliant but lonely inventor named Joseph that he gave him the ability to create a talking robot, but showed him that this ingenious invention could never take his loneliness away.

"Io, Robot" is a short story from the collection Tides from the New Worlds. Caribbean-born novelist Tobias Buckell established himself as a gifted new voice in science fiction with his stunning first novel, Crystal Rain. Now, in his first collection, Buckell demonstrates his strengths in the short form, offering readers a collection of stories that are compelling, smart, wonderfully imagined, and entertaining.

Ted Hall is worried. He's been sleepwalking, and his somnambulant travels appear to coincide with murders by the notorious Hang Wire Killer. Meanwhile, the circus has come to town, but the Celtic dancers are taking their pagan act a little too seriously, the manager of the Olde Worlde Funfair has started talking to his vintage machines, and the new acrobat's frequent absences are causing tension among the performers. Out in the city there are other new arrivals - immortals searching for an ancient power - a primal evil which, if unopposed, could destroy the world!

Marius dos Hellespont and his apprentice, Gerd, are professional looters of battlefields. When they stumble upon the corpse of the King of Scorby and Gerd is killed, Marius is mistaken for the monarch by one of the dead soldiers and is transported down to the Kingdom of the Dead. Just like the living citizens, the dead need a king - after all, the king is God’s representative, and someone needs to remind God where they are. And so it comes to pass that Marius is banished to the surface with one message: If he wants to recover his life he must find the dead king.

Elizabethan spy Mal Catlyn has everything he ever wanted - his twin brother Sandy restored to health, his family estate reclaimed and a son to inherit it - and while his work is far from over, Mal still has a slim chance of eliminating his enemies whilst they are at their weakest. With Sandy's help, Mal learns to harness his own magic in the fight against the guisers, but it may be too late to save England. Schemes set in motion decades ago are at last coming to fruition, and the barrier between the dreamlands and the waking world is wearing thin…

On the vacuum surface of the moon, life for Ai-dan and a cohort of moon-dwelling androids is anything but a lunar wasteland of boredom. They spend their days maintaining lunar data centers with a quaint blue-green, and sometimes whitish, orb hanging in the sky. Between playing games and spirited debates on the meaning of the shimmering orb, the robots' existence is near idyllic. But when a malfunctioning system leads Ai-dan to stumble upon a mysterious box and then a soft-bodied android—total lunar oddities—the harmony of their world gets tossed into disarray.

Hunted by those who want to study his gravity powers, Jes makes his way to the best place for a mixed-species fugitive to blend in: the pleasure moon where everyone just wants to be lost in the party. It doesn’t take long for him to catch the attention of the crime boss who owns the resort-casino where he lands a circus job, and when the boss gets wind of the bounty on Jes’ head, he makes an offer: Do anything and everything asked of him or face vivisection.

Six years ago, an alien spacecraft crashed into the remote Nevada desert, releasing a virus that killed one-fifth of the Earth's population. Molly McManus, whose parents died in the plague, can't forgive the aliens just because they give humanity a few new toys. For Wells Marsden, a computer hacker desperate to atone for his past, the aliens might offer the fresh start he needs.

What could be better than a party with your friends in New York City? In the year 2035? The future is bright. In fact the future is already here! But this future, unfortunately, is filled with kidnappings and killings, described herein with dark humor and satire. Demon humor. Demon satire.

Mina’s dream has come true. Mina and her best friend, Vanessa, set out for the ultimate summer adventure, but Count Dracula is worried that the evil robot SILVIA is still on the loose and looking for revenge! At camp, Mina and Vanessa discover that something is horribly wrong with the animals at the zoo. Will Mina’s dream vacation become a nightmare?

Two robotic friends visit different planets in their rocket. Then they play an exciting game of tag. These goofy robots will help young listeners discover the joy of reading through decodable stories.

The robot (STR-5) was built for the purpose of teaching science to children, but someone wanted to use STR-5 to build a robot army. Aiden knew that he and his dad had to stop it from happening.

Robots help us understand our weather and climate. Some fly into storms to measure wind. Others dive into the ocean to learn about weather patterns. And some drive across frigid polar regions to gather climate data. How are robots helping us plan for the weather of the future? Listen to this audiobook to find out!

Timo und Korgy fliegen ins All. Naja, nicht in Wirklichkeit, sondern in einem Simulator. Die beiden Freunde wundern sich nur, wie unfassbar realistisch sich ihr Trip in die Weiten des Universums anfühlt. Ein kleines bisschen zu echt... Könnte es sein, dass sie die Erde vielleicht doch verlassen haben? Steig mit ein und finde es heraus.

She had been nervous about starting fifth grade after spending all summer with her little brother and baby cousins. So when her fifth-grade teacher announces a district-wide robotics competition, she jumps at the opportunity to be the class’s leader. Being in charge is better and cooler than playing make-believe, right? Many people doubt her, especially the boys in her class, but with the support of her friends and Girl Scout troop, Maven is determined to prove them wrong.

Ich bin Andro, KI-Androide 3.0-m, ein Roboter. Es ist exakt drei Tage her, dass meine Erbauer – korrigiere, meine Eltern – mich aktiviert haben. Mein Auftrag: Undercover in die Schule gehen und nicht auffallen! Du lieber Mensch! Kopfrechnen, Hausaufgaben, Freundschaften schließen! Hochgradig kompliziert bei diesen seltsamen Wesen, für die es keine Bedienungsanleitung gibt. Zumal meine Eltern veraltete Technik in mir verbaut haben. Nicht nur Lehrer Lembke, auch das weibliche Wesen Lilli kommt mir langsam auf die Schliche.

Akku voll und los! Meine Undercover-Mission bei der komplizierten Spezies namens "Mensch" geht weiter: die Konrad-Zuse-Schule besuchen, Informationen sammeln und Freundschaften schließen. Doch eine Eigenart dieser Menschen bleibt mir ein Rätsel: ihre unlogischen Gefühle. Ein heimlich eingebautes Emotionsmodul muss her. Kabelbruch und Stromausfall – mich erreichen kribbelige Stromschläge. Mein Modul funktioniert! Es funktioniert sogar sehr gut – Piep! – zu gut! Ich empfange zahlreiche Signale, meine Programmierung gerät völlig durcheinander.

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