The Robots of Gotham | 
Starting 2023 with one of my favorite books of the year, the rare stand alone novel that begs for a sequel. I recently found out that a sequel, The Ghosts of Navy Pier, is in the works. Yahh!!
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pickUnexpected good! Very realistic story line of events that could happen in the near future. It was fast paced and I loved the characters, human and robots. This could easily be a series because there were several of the subplots that were not wrapped up. I hope that the author will continue on with this. 4.5⭐️ Thanks @RamsFan1963 for the recommendation. It definitely was what I wanted to read. #ChunksterChallenge2023 @Amiable
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"On my third day in Chicago, the Venezuelans evacuated my hotel."
Enjoying a quite evening reading this chunkster. Thanks at @RamsFan1963 for the recommendation. Enjoying so far. You are right about the blurb, it doesn't do justice to the depth and breath of this book.
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"On my third day in Chicago, the Venezuelans evacuated my hotal."
pick2/150 This book surprised me, I was expecting a traditional good humans vs evil robots story, but it was much more complex. After a brutal war, a third of the US is occupied by intelligent machines. Barry Simcoe, a businessman from Canada, comes to Chicago and becomes involved in a byzantine plot between human and machine forces over control of the city and outlying area. Barry is my favorite kind of character, the ordinary person thrust ⬇️⬇️
Audible‘s current sale. 🎉 I started with 11. Shaved it down to 7. Agonized!
I didn‘t get Jade War … The Gutter Prayer … The Actual Star for random reasons.
The 4 I bought are above …
It wasn‘t as good as past sales … they were all $7.99 … still that‘s better than a paperback and I don‘t own any of them … all are rated 4.5 - 5 ⭐️ & all are over 20 hours!
This is one of my fav all time books. It‘s up in my top 10. It‘s a man vs machine story with medical thriller mixed in. If you like that sorta science fiction type read, this is for you. It‘s not slow paced and has a lot of action and written very well.
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pickBest scifi/fantasy from 2018
An Unkindness of Magicians - Revenge thriller set around a magical tournament.
The Robots of Gotham - Fast paced spy thriller romp in the near future with sentient robots.
Murderbot 1-4 -l Reluctant cyborg hero saves humans
The Calculating Stars - Alt space program history with realistic diversity.
Semiosis - Earth colonists on new planet find intelligent life form in plants
When the English Fall - Amish dystopian
Really enjoying this one. AI controlling most of the world governments. But something worse is coming...
