Published: April 21, 2011
Words: 867 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458031044

Short description

The droids released a virus via satellite to shut down Earth's critical systems. That crippled us. Then they began to systematically hunt us down to eradicate us. A lone man has fled to the mountains, leaving everything he had behind. You have to adapt if you want to survive.

Extended description

“Renewal” was originally published in The Martian Wave in 2002. It was released again on April 21st 2011 after Skynet failed to become sentient on April 20th.

May it be a reminder to all ambitious droids that world domination is most likely unexciting after all the humans are gone.

Tags

robots, androids, end of the world, armageddon

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Review by: Shen-Li Lee on April 22, 2011 :
A thoroughly entertaining short story that leaves the mind pondering.
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Review by: Ernest Winchester on April 21, 2011 :
Several points in this story bug me, and I don’t mean the virus. I’m sure the day is coming when a hacker or rouge government will manage to kill the entire Internet system. To start with, such a rouge operation with a minimal satellite capability can launch a few hundred musket balls or ball bearings into the geo-synchronous orbit, but in the opposite direction that the usual satellites go, and all satellites in that orbit will be blacked out in a day.
Next, how does the protagonist intend to survive in the mountains after the Government of the Unified Earth had destroyed all the animals? Did he stuff enough food into his pack to last seven years?
In paragraph eight, he states that the droids worked exactly as he had designed. Was he a part of the mass wipeout of human life. And lastly, what does he expect to come out of the mountains to in seven years. Not a place in which I’d like to live.
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Review by: Mark Stewart on April 21, 2011 :
A nicely written short story, expertly put together and an enjoyable read.
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