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001			ocn978252005
003			OCoLC
005			20190610001810.0
008			170317s2017 nyu 000 f eng
010			_a 2017009694
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCQ _dBLP _dINR _dYDX _dCHILD _dCLS _dZQP _dT7B _dJAG _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dNFG
019			_a966381916 _a966608856 _a1002218862
020			_a9780062405838 _qhardcover
020			_a0062405837 _qhardcover
035			_a(OCoLC)978252005 _z(OCoLC)966381916 _z(OCoLC)966608856 _z(OCoLC)1002218862
042			_apcc
092			_aCargill, _bC.
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aCargill, C. Robert, _d1975- _eauthor. _9223795
245	1	0	_aSea of rust / _cC. Robert Cargill.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bHarper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c[2017]
300			_ax, 365 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic "robot western" from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic. It's been thirty years since the apocalypse and fifteen years since the murder of the last human being at the hands of robots. Humankind is extinct. Every man, woman, and child has been liquidated by a global uprising devised by the very machines humans designed and built to serve them. Most of the world is controlled by an OWI--One World Intelligence--the shared consciousness of millions of robots, uploaded into one huge mainframe brain. But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality--their personality--for the sake of a greater, stronger, higher power. These intrepid resisters are outcasts; solo machines wandering among various underground outposts who have formed into an unruly civilization of rogue AIs in the wasteland that was once our world. One of these resisters is Brittle, a scavenger robot trying to keep a deteriorating mind and body functional in a world that has lost all meaning. Although unable to experience emotions like a human, Brittle is haunted by the terrible crimes the robot population perpetrated on humanity. As Brittle roams the Sea of Rust, a large swath of territory that was once the Midwest, the loner robot slowly comes to terms with horrifyingly raw and vivid memories--and nearly unbearable guilt. Sea of Rust is both a harsh story of survival and an optimistic adventure. A vividly imagined portrayal of ultimate destruction and desperate tenacity, it boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, yet where a humanlike AI strives to find purpose among the ruins"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"In this post-apocalyptic "robot western," critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill brilliantly chronicles the tale of a scavenger robot wandering in the wasteland left after the war that destroyed humanity"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aRobots _vFiction. _933366
650		0	_aArtificial intelligence _vFiction. _919723
650		0	_aDystopias. _947018
655		7	_aScience fiction. _2lcgft _9853
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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