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Harper Voyager

Sea of Rust: A Novel

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A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic science fiction "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 robot 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 artificial intelligence 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 EPB is both a harsh story of survival and an optimistic adventure, a riveting work of dystopian fiction. 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. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Voyager


Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 24, 2018


Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 384 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062405853


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 52


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.1 x 5.2 x 7.9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #83,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #561 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Books) #720 in Contemporary Fantasy (Books) #2,617 in Science Fiction Adventures


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This is a unique review for me, as I am writing it after my second read-through. That alone should be indication enough that I loved the novel, as I rarely re-read novels. After my second read-through, my initial five-star rating is heavily reinforced. C. Robert Cargill's Sea of Rust takes place in a far future Ohio, after AI has been created, grown beyond the human race, and subsequently gone to war with (and eliminated) humanity. This series of events is recounted in incredibly fascinating order in between the present action, which follows an AI named Brittle, who spends her days scavenging parts from dying AI who wander into the wasteland that occupies the present-day rust belt (the titular sea of rust). As we very quickly learn, Brittle is not a noble, altruistic protagonist. And that is precisely what makes the novel so compelling. Most stories focusing on machines and/or AI use that framing as a lens to explore and dissect what makes an individual human. Cargill—and his morally skewed but immediately alluring protagonist—is not interested in retreading that subject, instead placing us in the shoes (or mechanical feet) of a survivalist whose only goal is to continue existing in a rapidly decaying world for no reason other than to live another day. It is an unusual theme to tackle, but the setting proves to be the perfect landscape to explore questions of what the entire point of existing is. These are not so much existential questions ("What's going to happen when I die?"), but questions of a more visceral nature. While having done questionably moral things to survive, Brittle (as well as a motley band of AI her journey becomes entangled with) is forced to ask whether her justification that doing those things in order to survive is any justification at all, and what the point of merely surviving is if surviving is all there is. If that sounds ambiguous, it is only my inability to articulate the theme as well as Cargill does. Suffice it to say, the subject is handled beautifully, and Brittle's journey is both moving and inspiring. I have read complaints that the AI in the novel do not feel artificial enough, that they think, speak, and behave too much like humans...which is the point. I will not begrudge readers who say they wanted to read a more stereotypical novel about robots, but that is not what this novel is about or is even attempting to be. These characters are flawed, often emotional beings, and the novel even tackles the very question of what makes an intelligence "artificial." If more standard stories about AI is your thing, Sea of Rust may not be your cup of tea. However, if you have an appreciation for morally ambiguous characters, themes of survival and the point of surviving, or philosophical questions about the same subject matter, I highly recommend this novel. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2021 by Stephen Pollard
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