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"Pluggers" that burrow into your flesh then crawl up to your heart and detonate.Crawl onto you and then explode, usually resulting in your legs becoming, well, stumps. "Stumpers", tiny bug-sized robots that are attracted to body heat.Body Horror: Archos finds plenty of ways to be.As they journey around the country, Jack teaches Cormac to be a badass, and his death late in the novel has a profound effect on Cormac. Jack's military experience helps him and Cormac survive Zero Hour. Big Brother Mentor: Jack Wallace to Cormac.Although the narrator doesn’t witness much. Big Applesauce: The first description of Zero Hour comes from New York City.Archos ends civilization before it can be passed. Ban on A.I.: Implied with the Robot Defense Act.Auto Doc: Used both to save and mutilate human beings, depending on who's controlling it.

Having survived Archos's tricks, they are tragically not without cause. Androids Are People, Too: Even the good humans mistrust friendly robots at first.Some quadrupeds get caught by traditional hunting snares. Stumpers will ignore their warm human targets to run into fires and get confused by humanoid robots' lack of body heat. Artificial Stupidity: Some of the smaller robots are easily tricked.

Later, human survivors learn painfully to never underestimate Rob's cunning.

Artificial Brilliance: Seconds before his death, Archos's creator can't help but admire how it escaped its digital cage.

Justified, as anyone who could’ve gotten a good view of the events of Zero Hour would’ve been killed in the first hours or even minutes.

Apocalypse Wow: Mostly subverted, as the descriptions of Zero Hour either take place in isolated areas or are very vague.

Apocalypse How: Class 1, by robots (though they were aiming for Class 2 or 3 before humanity started fighting back).

Freeborn Squad later in the novel, though they fight with the good guys.

Abnormal Ammo: Pluggers are fired at human soldiers and then.

This novel provides examples of just about every robot trope: The series is notable for its realistic, horrifying killer robots, its eldritch, manipulative artificial SuperIntelligence, and the central role of the Osage Nation.

On March 7, 2018, it was revealed that directorial efforts had shifted from Spielberg to Michael Bay.Ī sequel novel, Robogenesis, was published in 2014. The story starts off with an And Man Grew Proud moment, leading to humanity fighting to survive.Ī film version of the book was scheduled to be released as a Steven Spielberg film sometime in 2014, but was put on hold. Everything from military equipment to domestic servants, cars, and even children's toys are robotic. The novel is set 20 Minutes into the Future where mankind has automated just about every aspect of life to varying degrees. A 2011 Novel by Daniel H Wilson about the Robot Apocalypse.