How to Survive a Robot Uprising

Wilson, Daniel H. How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2005. An audio CD is available.

A tongue-in-cheek book of facts, paranoid fantasy, and practical advice (given the threat) based on the premise that robots will attack. DHW describes the different types of robots, their different advantages and disadvantages, and how to combat and confound them. Amazon.com (01 Jan. 2007) lists among key words for the book robot-uprising, modular robots, robot house, humanoid robots—and refers readers to the The Terminator, Star Wars, and The Matrix films. AudioFile review of CD notes, "Robots are among us, plotting to overthrow humanity for our own good. This comical, though factually based, guide to the latest advances in robotics provides listeners with a variety of tactics to avoid android Armageddon. Stefan Rudnicki's deep, serious tone emphasizes the immediacy of the situation as he maps out escape routes and strategies for saving humankind. […] Listeners will laugh at Wilson's suggestions for defeating the rising robotic rebels, but at the same time be awed by the fantastic advances in technology described" . See in Keyword Index to Clockworks [1] "robot rule" and "machine rule"; cf. and contrast such works as Jack Williamson's "Humanoids" stories (see under Fiction in Clockworks [1] JW's "With Folded Hands"). (RDE, Vince Moore, 01/01/07) See also Wilson's Robopocalypse.