Robot Wake
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When a powerful robot swoops in to save the scientific team stranded aboard a sinking ship, its motives are questioned by a cynical world. Soon, however, the media is flooded with reports of the machine, which continues to rescue people from one environmental disaster after another. While the public come to see the mysterious robot as a modern day saviour, international leaders question its intentions. It is left to eight year old Dillon to decipher the actions of the automaton...Robot Wake confronts a question at the heart of the modern social conscience: what are we doing to our planet, and would it be a better place without us?

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Date de parution 02 mars 2016
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EAN13 9781785383533
Langue English
Poids de l'ouvrage 1 Mo

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Contents
îe Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . î Pubîser ïnormaîon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . îî Quoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .îîî
Par 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Caper 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Caper 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Caper 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Caper 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Caper 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Caper 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Caper 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Caper 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Par 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Caper 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Caper 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Caper 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Caper 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Caper 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Caper 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Caper 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Caper 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Caper 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Caper 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Par 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Caper 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Caper 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Caper 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Caper 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Caper 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Caper 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Caper 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Caper 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Caper 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Caper 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Epîogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Aso Avaîabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Robot Wake
Ed Green
Publiser Information
Pubîsed în 2015 by AUK Auors, an împrîn o Andrews UK îmîed www.andrewsuk.com
He rîg o Ed Green o be îdenîIed as e Auor o îs Work as been assered în accordance wî e Copyrîg, Desîgns and Paens Ac 1998
Copyrîg © 2015 Ed Green
A rîgs reserved. No par o îs pubîcaîon may be reproduced, sored în a rerîeva sysem, or ransmîed, în any orm or by any means wîou e prîor wrîen permîssîon o e pubîser, nor be oerwîse cîrcuaed în any orm o bîndîng or cover oer an a în wîc î îs pubîsed and wîou a sîmîar condîîon beîng împosed on e subsequen purcaser. Any person wo does so may be îabe o crîmîna prosecuîon and cîvî caîms or damages.
Hîs îs a work o Icîon and any resembance o ose îvîng or dead or oerwîse îs pure coîncîdence.
Wa’s îs war în e ear o naure? Wy does naure vîe wî îse? he and conend wî e sea? ïs ere an avengîng power în naure? No one power, bu wo? James Jones, 1962
Part 1
Everywere And Nowere
he word UTOPïA sands în common usage or e uîmae în uman oy or uman ope – vaîn dreams o perecîon în a Never-Never Land or raîona efors o remake man’s envîronmen and îs însîuîons and even îs own errîng naure, so as o enrîc e possîbîîîes o e common îe. Sîr homas More, e coîner o îs word, was aware o bo împîcaîons... ïn îs îe verse e expaîned a uopîa mîg reer eîer o e Greek ‘euopîa’, wîc means e good pace, or o ‘ouopîa’, wîc means no pace. ewîs Mumord, 1922
Capter 1
Space îs no a pace. By deInîîon, î îs empy; bereT o any o e suf a îs used o make paces. ï îs noîng. And so, î îs aso nowere. As soon as anyîngoccupîes î, conaîns î, or în some oer way deInes î, space ceases o be space. Gîven e aînes wîf o caracer – weer î be ocaîon, sound, sme or coour – î becomes a pace. ï becomessomewere. Hîs sory begîns somewere; a sîen aerîe, a ow Ear Orbî amos a ousand mîes above our bue-and-green bubbe... îg enoug a e sky îs sreced îno a în, îndîgo ao around e coossa mass o e pane sîoueed beow. ere, deep wîîn e Van Aen be, magneîc currens swîr and eddy – prîcky carged parîces wasîng back and or îke sînge caug în e îde. He empîness o pure space presses eavîy overead; îs absoue backness pepper-poed by a mîîon pînprîcks o sear îg. From îs oTy perspecîve, a unîque specaor observes e word roaîng camy beow. A smooy poîsed spere o e denses, eavîes mea, e pecuîar saeîe’s orm îs îndubîaby mae. ï îs cose o bronze în coour, bu darker and redder. As wîde as a man îs a, e burnîsed orb bobs wîou efor în e vacuum, were î îs bufeed by waves o radîaîon, cosmîc rays and e occasîona soar Lare. îke e ace o e moon overîng anoer quarer o a mîîon mîes dîsan, e objec’s surace îs pîed wî burrs and scrapes a gîn wî capured sunîg. Hese Lecks o god aso îumînae e ony îdenîyîng marks on e orb. Sîx cîrces cîrcumnavîgae e spere, eac one crîss-crossîng e oers îke înes o aîude and ongîude mapped over îs goden surace. Eac deep, crîspy cu îne burns wî e Ire o e sun’s unIered rays. ogeer, e sîx oops cu e spere îno a pacwork o geomerîc îes; one equîaera rîange învered on op o anoer, creaîng a sîx poîned sar.
He sun spares e aîen objec îs as ew rays, beore passîng graceuy beînd a ong, gene curve o e pane’s orîzon – eavîng e Robo rendered în e coo greys o reLeced sarîg. He ead perced on op o îs ceesîa body îs a muc smaer spere o e same dense mea, cîrcumscrîbed by a reLecîve band o back a runs around îs mîdde. Hîs dark vîsor îs a sensory oop, sarîng împassîvey ouwards în a dîrecîons a once. He saeîe aso as îmbs o a sor – our ong, în appendages a exend rom îs round body and raî away îno e voîd. Eac one cumînaes în a ear-saped pea o poovoaîc ces. Wî e sun now îdden rom vîew, e peas cur up on emseves în segmened secîons, and wrap around e neede-îke anennae. Deîcae probes ocaed a e îp o eac vane bînk wî a cean wîe îg. He Robo waces în sîence as e Ear roaes. A îanîc sîp o seven bîîon bodîes, e pane urns eforessy on er perecy încîned axîs, revovîng neîer sowy nor quîcky, bu reenessy. Every weny our ours, eac 1440 mînues a pass, over a perîod o 86,400 seconds, e wînesses sîxeen sunrîses and sîxeen sunses. îme aTer îme, e sun rakes îs wîe-o îg across er exposed skîn, cangîng nîg îno day and en back îno nîg. Couds swîr and drîT în ayers over e and and waer ar beow; some în as gossamer, oers sroudîng e pane’s curves în dark sadows îke ods o a eavy veve dress. Benea îs înermîen veî o vapour, e seas sîmmer and sparke wî anoer rîsîng sun. He dry crus în beween îs awas wî acîvîy. ï breaes în grea gups o res sunîg and excrees eemena nurîens rom îs pores în a susaînîng cyce o grow and rebîr. ï îs aîve. An ED bînks – a momenary red bead a e cenre o e Robo’s smoo back vîsor. ï oîers or a second, and en dîsappears. He spark rekîndes, en begîns o Las însîseny. He crîmson îg robs în îme wî e bea o înormaîon as î îs receîved. ïnsrucîons unod regardîng an even: ocaîon,
rea, severîy, îmescae. Anoer momen aer, e Lasîng ED sas, e Low o daa ceases, and sîness reurns. Wî îs orders receîved, e robo sîTs posîîon în e cosmîc curren. He eecromagneîc pu on îs raîîng anennae draws îm îno a dîferen rajecory, coasîng rapîdy owards a geosyncronous orbî over e coordînaes provîded. Wîe compensaîng or drîT by makîng mînue adjusmens o e ong îers a drag în îs empy wake, e runs a se-dîagnosîc: Power saus – seveny eîg percen carged Sysems – a acîve and onîne Green îg or re-enry – 368 mîes o descen wîndow... 359... 350... As e approaces îs descen wîndow, e ong eescopîc spînes wîdraw smooy îno îs body. îs ead reracs îno e saey o îs sperîca ouer se. Mea paes cîck soTy îno pace, ransormîng e robo îno a seamess, smoo spere. Hen, wî e Lîck o an eecromagneîc swîc, e demagneîses îs core and gravîy snaces îm. ïn a earbea, îs gîan bowîng ba body drops ou o orbî and îno e je sream; îreen onnes o eavy mea urîng owards e pane beow. He amospere quîcky îckens, e aîr owîng as e sîces roug e sky wî a mînîmum o rîcîon – a burnîng ancor eaded sraîg or e sea bed. As e Ear’s surace ruses up owards îm, a bazîng urrîcane o ea Lares across îs curved ouer carapace. îs se gows red, en yeow and Inay wîe wî e amîîar Ire o re-enry. Deep însîde îs îck meaîc skîn, e sored energy burns and crackes as î recarges îs înner core... 98%... 99%... uy carged. A ousand mîes above e Ear, rom e cam darkness o a pace somewere on e edge o space, e sperîca Igure dwîndes rapîdy îno a speck – carvîng an angry wîe scar îno e îck marsmaow couds gaered beow.
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Noîng exîss excep aoms and empy space. Everyîng ese îs opînîon. Democrîus o Adbera, 400 B.C.
He deep red-cocoae maogany o eîr Georgîan dînîng abe swîrs îke sow-movîng moasses benea er Ingerîps. Hîs cose up, îs rîc graîn coud be a snapso o e cosmos, a surgîng breaker, or e înner cemîsry o a crysaîne srucure. Crîsîne’s mînd srays o e uzzy memory o a V sow a-waced ae as nîg:e Srucure o e Unîverse, or someîng sîmîary proound and du în equa measure. Everyîng around us îs made o aoms, or so se was înormed; a o our beongîngs, our bodîes, even e smes a drîT în and ou o our noses. And, e sîgy pompous presener ponîIcaed, wîe emasso an aom îs a ed wîîn îs îny nuceus, mos o îsvoumeîs made o noîng bu space: appareny a ydrogen aom îs en mîîons o a mîîmere across, bu e proon a îs mîdde îs a undred ousand îmes smaer, and e eecron wîzzîng around e ousîde îs a ousand îmes smaer agaîn; î îs barey ere a a. He aom îs amos enîrey empy. So space îs everyîng – and noîng – a a once. Nevereess, e abe-op pressed ovîngy o er ace ees reassurîngy soîd. Over er souder, a paîr o oTy, eegany eaded wîndows sand sîgy ajar. Ousîde, e eay garden ruses and sways în e wînd. A coo breeze wîspers roug e arced openîng and bruses e nape o er neck; sunîg as made e wood wonderuy warm were er ceek ress agaîns e acquered anîque surace. Wî one eye a-open, se squîns în soT ocus îno e eary mornîng gare. er own orearms rîse îke caky beaces rom e dark poîsed ava o e maogany. Eac one îs dapped by reckes a gaer în cusers on e sun-kîssed upper ace, and cresed by a în ores
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