Robots Fantasy

After bloody civil unrest, environmental disaster, and the Third World War, benevolent corporations have replaced governments and delivered peace, prosperity, and equality to a grateful human race. Max Carmichael is an agent in the Cryptics Bureau, whose duty is to protect the corporations that govern the world. But when he’s given a secret mission to find a mysterious woman linked to acts of sabotage, he discovers she was part of a MIM*X experiment that links human brains to artificial intelligence.

"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.

When Alfie goes to Airport Lost Property, he finds more than he bargained for. A lot more. Because there's a giant robot called Eric hidden away on the shelves. Eric has lost one leg and half his memory. He's super strong but super clumsy. He's convinced that he's the latest technology, when he's actually nearly 100 years old and ready for the scrap heap.

Diana's family is nothing like other families. In this funny science-fiction story, hear about a young girl who is brought up by a robot family. But when she meets another girl who was raised by humans, Diana discovers her own humanity and the power of friendship.

While a boy is regrowing his arm that was hacked by robots, he reads an old diary that describes the origins of a parasitic worm that has infected multiple planets. The magical abilities of the stone the worm lives in transforms the lives of the kingdom. Two friends then melt strange pink rocks in a fire, only to discover they are actually organisms that are living in a dormant volcano, which evil robotic dogs are mining to use for organic computers.

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.

The Steampunk Pirates are lured back to England by the promise of gold. But the appearance of their inventor, Mr. Richmond Swift, signals big trouble. He has a new army of robots, and it's not long before sparks begin to fly. Have the pirates finally met their match?

The Adventures of Rusty Rob the Robot is a delightful and engaging children's book that follows Rusty Rob on his quest to become a superhero. Rusty Rob is not your average robot, with his charismatic and witty personality and his shiny silver body.

A poignant tale of humans and robots and the meaning of life.

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.

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin are loving parents who live with their son, Sammy, and daughter, Samantha, in a modest and happy home. Sammy Franklin wants to do something special for his mother, so he invents a robot named Nichole as a surprise for her birthday. What happens when Mrs. Franklin opens her present? It turns out she is not the only one who receives a gift.

In this beautifully written kids story... it is the last day of Tom's holiday at the seaside and he's feeling very upset that it's nearly time for him to go home. He throws the last stick into the sea for his dog Patch but oh dear a giant wave carries them both far away to a desert island. But this island has a secret past as Tom is soon to find out because this is Robot Island that nobody knows about. Will Tom be able to escape from the Robots and get back home? These are great story books for kids who love robots. These two good stories for kids in this book truly do capture the imagination.

Jacob creates a robot out of paper. To his surprise, the robot comes to life! Listen about their adventure to the moon.

"Look, Brigadier! It's growing!" screamed Sarah. The Brigadier stared in amazement as the Robot began to grow...and grow...swelling to the size of a giant! Slowly the metal colossus, casting its enormous shadow upon the surrounding trees and buildings, began to stride towards the Brigadier. A giant metal hand reached down to grasp him.

The teacher has given out an assignment for the school’s annual science fair over spring break. Carrie is up for the challenge as the school’s brightest student teams up with her friend, Brandon, to make a remarkable project. What happens when their "project" disappears inside the school? Only her dog, Roscoe, knows what happened to their new creation! Join them in this fun-filled story filled with science and heart.

Robots are forbidden! But Jerry is not a robot. Robots were outlawed before Joel was even born, but he has been obsessed with them his whole life. That was before he saw Jerry, the giant metal man in Levi's barn. So if Jerry is not a robot, what is he? Is Jerry a robot? Get the novelette now and decide for yourself.

It is 2068 and humans are attempting to colonize Mars. Patricia Vicarro, director of a Mars colonization project, has selected HWR-001-046-QF Andrea to send to Mars in the first of a three-stage project to build a colony. Everything must be perfect. Andrea spent nearly three years in isolation, preparing for astronaut Adam Copelane's arrival. He will be the first human on Mars and will join Andrea in building the colony pods for the third phase. Now, with everything ready for Adam, she watches the Martian sky eagerly.

When two science-savvy girls create an entire robot world, they don’t expect the robots to come alive. But when a choice must be made, the robots might have to pay the price.

Charlie7 has his secrets. Every robot knows that history has a dark period where he was the only one alive, with no one to corroborate his story. That was before an old adversary, long believed dead, emerges from hiding to expose Charlie7 as a fraud. With a newfound internship mixing new robotic personalities, Rachel Eighteen stumbles across an old file in the archive that no robot can access. The data it contains could upset the underpinnings of the thousand-year-old robotic civilization.

Ever since the Great Layoff of 2030, the police have led a war against artificial intelligence. AI replaced nearly all human jobs - and mankind snapped. Riots tore apart cities, suicides claimed whole families. Civil war seemed inevitable, until a strange new drug pacified the nation. When Stanley Duncan let his cyborg livestream at a local supermarket, he unknowingly invited war to his door.