Colossus: Colossus Trilogy Series, Book 1
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (834 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0727S4F69 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 490 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Aaron Turner said The movie was better!. Ok, so I remember enjoying the movie a few decades ago as a teenager and being that I loved the premise of the book I figured it would be a lot of fun to read the book. Maybe it's my nostalgia talking, but I liked the movie better and I'm pretty sure the movie isn't that great (although it still got good reviews), but I fig. F. Moyer said Aging Classic. To some, “Colossus” is a classic. To other, “Colossus” is just an old Sci-Fi book (1966). Well, I’m old, too, and so thought it would be interesting to read “Colossus” and see how well it stood the test of time. Written in 1966, it clearly had to be difficult for the author to conce. A Wonderfully Thought Out Story Brian The (newer) cover on this book really caught my eye. I picked this up on Kindle when it was 99 cents a while back not realizing that it was an older technothriller. When I saw that Tantor Audio was going to bring this to life on audio, I had to listen to it.Throughout my reading of this book, I kept thinking to
The President hands off full control of the nation's missiles and other defense protocols to Colossus and makes the announcement to the world that he has ensured peace. But Colossus soon exceeds even Forbin's calculated expectations, learning to think independently of the Colossus Programming Office, processing data over 100 times faster than Forbin and his team had originally anticipated. Colossus is a supercomputer capable of taking in and analyzing data rapidly, allowing it to make real-time decisions about the nation's defense. Forbin is concerned when Colossus asks - asks - to communicate with Guardian. However, the USSR quickly announces that it too has a supercomputer, Guardian, with capabilities similar to that of Colossus. The computer he built shouldn't be able to ask at all.. Charles Forbin has dedicated the last 10 years of his life to the construction of his own supercomputer, Colossus, rejecting romantic and social endeavors in order to create the United States' very firs