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EXOTIQA (YA Robot Cyberpunk Dystopia) (EXOTIQA WORLD Book 1) Kindle Edition

by M Black (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
Quarterfinalist at the LA Screenplay Awards and script is being finalized to be shown to directors and producers.

Read an award winning Reader's Favorite original YA along the lines of iRobot meets Body Snatchers.
Fans of Phillip Dick, Isaac Asimov, Margaret Atwood, Suzanne Collins and Veronica Roth will enjoy her stories.

ENTER A WORLD WHERE THE LINE BETWEEN ROBOT AND MAN IS BLURRED.
YA Cyberpunk Dystopia and a part of M.Black's Enter Tomorrow brand.

Set in the robot cyberpunk year 2055 in British Columbia, Canada, where humans are part robotic and robots are becoming more humanlike, the line dividing the two is becoming less clear. When the nation is controlled by a popular online program, those that deviate risk their lives. But that never stopped Fione. Filled with haunting questions of consciousness and artificial intelligence, identity and self-awareness, politics and love, life and death, the reader will be engaged in an entertaining story filled with futuristic technology.

This robot cyberpunk will appeal to fans of Divergent, Configured, Freelancer, iRobot, The Glitch, Blade Runner, artificial intelligence, robotics, and futuristic technology will enjoy this story about two young, but strong female heroines who must save the fragile system crumbling around them.

"ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE READ IN A WHILE. AS AN AVID ISAAC ASIMOV READER I WOULD PUT EXOTIQA RIGHT IN WITH HIM, WITH A LITTLE MORE ACTION" -Avid Isaac Asimov Reader

"SIMILAR THEMES TO ISAAC ASIMOV'S WORK, BUT MORE GENTLE AND HAS MORE ACTION." -Amazon Reviewer.

"VERY WELL WRITTEN! SO HARD TO PUT DOWN!" -Amazon Reviewer

"WOW, WOW, WOW! NOTHING SHORT OF GREAT!" -Amazon Reviewer

"THE STORY HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT LAYERS GOING ON AND I ENJOY THAT LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY. THIS AUTHOR HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF OVERLAYING HER WORLD ONTO OURS. I WILL BE READING A LOT MORE OF THIS AUTHOR’S WORK." -Amazon Reviewer

"ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR BOOKS!" -Amazon Reviewer

"IF ANYONE KNOWS ME OR FOLLOWS MY REVIEWS THEN YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE A GOOD DYSTOPIAN OR SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL. SO WHEN I KEPT HEARING ABOUT EXOTIQA, I JUST HAD TO READ IT. AND BOY, AM I EVER GLAD I DID!" -Amazon Reviewer


EXOTIQA - Book 1
THIRTY - Book 2
SPHERE - Book 3

...Elon Musk announced the NUERAL LACE, a real life interface for the brain, designed by Telsa and SpaceX. My book was written in 2015, released in 2017. My interface is the SLAB. EXOTIQA is the program downloaded into the SLAB. Real life and my fiction are eerily similar!

REVIEWS:
"The difference of narration between the eyes of a human and that of a robot is really fun. It is distinct and well thought out, of how each being would feel and see things." -Francine

"The book explores a new avenue in robotics with emotional attachments starting to develop between robots and even between humans and bots. On their quest to prevent the destruction of the world as we know it, our heros set off on a journey to ImaTech to destroy Exotiqa, meeting up with some interesting characters and becoming involved in a lot of action including an exciting car chase worthy of any Speilberg movie. In fact. I thoroughly enjoyed the book despite it being designed to appeal to a young adult audience, but then I am big kid at heart. In my opinion this is a great read for anyone of any age. A warining shot across the bows of AI advocates. Marvelous!" -Ken

I read the entire exotica series! It was awesome. Looking for the next series that you wrote, Quantum State. You are one of the few female writers of science fiction that really gets it ... I am more into the science fiction from a woman's POV because it differs from what men think. You have different point of view. You solve problems differently and think of interactions with people differently. That is what makes the whole orbit. That is why I like your writing so much! -Mike Brown
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  1. Book 1 of 2
    EXOTIQA WORLD
  2. Print length
    374 pages
  3. Language
    English
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  5. Publication date
    1 Mar. 2017
  6. Reading age
    13 - 18 years
  7. Grade level
    7 - 12
  8. File size
    4.7 MB
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About the Author

M. Black is a pen name of Ami Blackwelder. M. Black is her dystopia and thriller line of books. Rebecca May is the pen name for her historical and contemporary line of books. Ami Blackwelder writes paranormal and scifi novels. Her stories range from Tween & YA to Adult. Growing up in Florida, she graduated UCF and in 1997 received her BA in English and additional teaching credentials. Then she packed her bags and travelled overseas to teach in Thailand, Nepal, Tibet, China and Korea.  She has always loved writing and wrote poems and short stores since childhood; however, her novels began when she was in Thailand in her early thirties. Having won the Best Fiction Award from the University of Central Florida (Yes, The Blair Witch Project University), her short fiction From Joy We Come, Unto Joy We Return was published in the on campus literary magazine: Cypress Dome and remains to this day in University libraries around the USA. Later, she achieved the semi-finals in a Laurel Hemingway contest and published a few poems in the Thailand’s Expat magazine, and an article in the Thailand’s People newspaper. Additionally, she has published poetry in the Korea’s AIM magazine, the American Poetic Monthly magazine and Twisted Dreams Magazine.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06WRWZRMN
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 Mar. 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.7 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 374 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 12
  • Book 1 of 2 ‏ : ‎ EXOTIQA WORLD
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 18 years
  • Customer reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars 42 ratings

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Fans of Phillip Dick, Isaac Asimov, Margaret Atwood, Suzanne Collins and Veronica Roth will enjoy her stories.

M.Black (Amy Blackwelder) is usually writing on her MAC, taking care of her cats LOTUS and ASH who show up in Exotiqa and Quantum State, cooking her fav vegetarian dishes, or watching her fav shows. OA, Stranger Things, Mr. Robot, The Expanse are a few. After graduating UCF in English, she travelled Asia for eight years teaching English.

M.Black is a TOP #100 AMAZON Bestseller. She is the author of EXOTIQA (cyberpunk dystopia) hitting #11 in YA SF dystopia & #18 in SF cyberpunk; ANIMAL GRAPH (SFF post-apocalyptic) hitting #22 in SF dystopia & SF genetic engineering and #26 in SF post-apocalyptic; and SIMULATION (SciFi Dystopia Post-Apocalyptic).

With over 22 books written, she was a semi-finalist of the Lauren Hemingway contest and won Best Fiction in UCF's Lit Mag Cypress Dome in '97. Her World War II romance The Day the Flowers Died skyrocketed to #1 in Historical Romance and #2 in Historical Fiction back in 2011, with over 12,000 downloads in one month. She has appeared in various newspapers and magazines and has won the Reader Choice award three times (Exotiqa, Animal Graph, Quantum State).

Quantum State won eBook cover Design Award 2018 in Fiction (Designed by Dan Van oss) by THE BOOK DESIGNER!

Previously published by Central Avenue and Whiskey Press and CREATIVIA, she is fully independently published now.

ENTER TOMORROW focuses on future tech, nature, wildlife and robots. http://MBlackDystopianThrillers.blogspot.com

Or check out her paranormal branch at AmiBlackwelder.blogspot.com

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  • Amazon Woman 1960
    5.0 out of 5 stars A free read for a voluntary review...my benefit!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 May 2017
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    This is one of those books that really gets you to think about the world we live in today and the potential near future's we could all face if we are too blase about tech and where it's going!
    As you can tell, I loved this story telling and the different perspectives that it is written in...very different viewpoints...each v.valid.
    Give this book a chance to capture your imagination as it has mine...you won't be disappointed!
    Your work grows on me M.Black. Well done!
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  • Marie
    4.0 out of 5 stars Whilst a little slow to get started once it does ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2017
    Whilst a little slow to get started once it does it leaves you wanting to know where it will go. Added into that some totally unexpected twists and turns. Definitely one to watch.
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  • Seraphia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very Well Written! So hard to put down!
    Reviewed in the United States on 9 April 2017
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    Exotiqa by M. Black is book 1 in herExotiqa World series. In this book we are introduced to Fiona, a 16 year old human girl and we are introduced to Machine BC001001F2050A who becomes named Maci by Fiona. Maci is on the run from ImaTech and being hunted by Machine BC001230M2054C. One of her creators has made the decision that she is going rogue because of her breaking the rules, breaking curfew and disappearing for hours at a time and has come to the decision that it is best if she be destroyed. Russel Wagner, one of her creators, believes that she should be allowed to continue to function and that they should continue to study her to better understand what is going on not just with her but with other bots like her but his cohort will not be dissuaded and now Maci is on the run. She has a chance encounter with Fiona in her attempt to hide and escape her trackers. Fiona makes the decision to help Maci out and with the aid of her Flexbot crush, Pix, Fiona will try to save not only Maci but the country from the newest program that is running people’s lives…EXOTIQA.
    Exotiqa is an engaging Dystopian cyberpunk story of where in the not too distant future humans are becoming more like machines and machines are becoming more human. We’re switching places a little at a time and the future is a dark place that we are heading towards. Maci is on the run becomes she knows something that she shouldn’t and her behavior is no longer in line with how her creators believe that it should be. She is trying to escape to a safe haven of where she believes that she will be able to disappear and blend in but getting there will be no easy task for her. She’s going to need help but in getting that help she is endangering those who would help her. But the danger is already all around them. Flexbots are killing humans, they are protected by laws that justify their actions and reactions and nothing is being done. Fiona sees it on the news and talks about it in the chat rooms with her friend Spear. They wish to return to a time before Exotiqa but can Fiona save those around her or will she be swept up as well?
    This is the first book I’ve ever read like this and I have to say that I was engaged from the beginning all the way to the end. Just imagining a world like this is disturbing, exciting but then strange at the same time. It’s dystopian but without the mass destruction that we are so used to in most dystopian novels. This book reflects and focuses mostly on technology advancing to the point that we are becoming more robotic in attempts to lengthen our lives, assimilate more quickly and engage more quickly with the world around us so gone are – cell phones, smart phones, laptops, tablets. Things are done in our heads with technology and nanotech. Robots are being programmed to emulate humans more closely and the lines are becoming blurred between human and machine. This book pulls you in and has you engaged and wanting to learn what is going to happen next.
    This story is told from two different viewpoints – Maci’s and Fiona’s. They switch back and forth in alternating chapters and I really like and appreciate how smoothly it happens. It makes follow the story really fluid and there are no hiccups. The author does a really good job going and filling in places of where they felt that the reader would want some explanation and it is very well done.
    I am very much engaged in this series and I can’t wait to read the next book in this series. I’m eager to read more and see where things continue to go and evolve. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. A very well done and well written scifi dystopian novel.
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  • Julie Whitley
    5.0 out of 5 stars A dystopian world of high technology
    Reviewed in Canada on 10 August 2017
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    What would happen if in our search to make our lives easier and more efficient, we created the means of our own mental takeover. This storyline is both chilling in its cautionary message and engaging in the action and characters. An intriguing read for lovers of sci-fi
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  • Rachel Barnard
    4.0 out of 5 stars Cyberpunk Dystopia
    Reviewed in the United States on 2 January 2018
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    The technology of the world in 2055 has given humans the ability to easily connect with others using integrated robotic parts. The technology has also created robots that are more human-like than ever. For Fione, as a human, she doesn't think that the robots are still obeying their fundamental laws. For Maci, as a robot, she has found a way to elevate her consciousness outside of the parameters of the robotic laws. And now her creators are out to shut her down.

    The difference in thought, character, personality, and dialogue/speech patterns between the humans and the robots was very distinct. I loved the very different voice of Fione versus Maci and very much appreciated having both distinct voices in alternating chapters. I loved how even Pix differed in personality and thought process from Maci, even though both were robots. Not all ascended robots are equal and this novel does a great job layering in their personalities seamlessly with their voices and not overpowering the ongoing plot.

    This book contained a lot of action. The setup for the main premise of the story happened a bit abruptly at the beginning, but the storytelling was fairly seamless from that point on. Fione does not jump at the chance to help Maci immediately and she has her doubts. Fione's character is built on the mistrust of the robotic infiltration into her world. She is sympathetic to them, as her best friend is also a robot, but she distrusts them as a whole.

    I loved the subtle hinting of a potential romance between Fione and her best friend Pix, as if he really is a human.

    I did feel that Fione's overpowering of her mother was a bit off-putting and her mother's inability to think for herself made her a flat character, but other than that this book was a sound and juicy addition to science fiction and cyberpunk in particular.
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  • SingularityCode
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sing says "...book is well written with a little too much dialogue....."
    Reviewed in Canada on 6 March 2018
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    This is definitely a young adult read. I thought that I would try it because of the 'cyberpunk' descriptor used in the ad. About half way through the book, I skipped a number of chapters and went to the end. The relationship between a teenage girl and her robot is not my cup of tea. However, the book is well written with a little too much dialogue that does not advance the story (which is typical of YA).

    All the Best,
    Fred
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  • Winston J. Phillips
    5.0 out of 5 stars ...very well written; exciting.......
    Reviewed in the United States on 31 December 2017
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    Any way you pronounce “exotiqa”, you know that the root component is ‘exotic’- which means extra-ordinary. As I read this book I was I was reminded that extraordinary things are not necessarily good things. The exotiqa in this book is not good for any of us because, despite the positive promises behind it, in the book it threatened to subjugate of the world.
    This is a dystopian future describes as “filled with plenty of futuristic technology, and tells a story of a world that could eerily mirror our own one day.” This is a story of technology (that is always active and developing); greed for power and control; conflict between humans and Flexbots (robots made from flexible material). The big issue underlying is whether bots could develop human awareness on their own; and if humans could become part-human, part bot. Two love stories seek to make such plausible.
    I always think robot-technology books as foretelling war between humans and bots as the bots rebel and seek to take over (Planet of the Bots?). This book raised other questions, but foreshadowed similar dangers. This book led me to consider that the problem may not be so much the robots taking over on their own AI, but rather the use to which humans put the robots in search for power and control.
    This story has two distinct features. In the first we learn about the ‘personalities’ and the more ordinary characters. Russell is a scientist investigating the path of robot consciousness. He develops the technology and the software. Ken is his partner and competitor whose sees the opportunity to control the world and tries to further subjugate both humans and robots by changing the programming software. Both humans and bots are under the direction of a third ‘personality’ ImaTech Corporation, the heart of control from which both are controlled through inserted chips and cerebral ‘slabs’. ImaTech is the recipient personality for Exotiqa, the now subverted software.
    Too much control always breeds resistance, and such arises among the characters who give the story its adventure-actions and dynamics. Among them are Maci (escaped bot, hunted by her bot friend, Thirty) and Fione ( a human assisting Maci); Pix (Maci’s bot boyfriend). To avoid the perceived dangers with the Exotiqa program, they plan to enter ImaTech and hack and shut down the program. Can they succeed? They do but amid danger, persistent robotic tracking from above and below, lockouts, and time constraints. These make the book veritable page-turner from this point, full of action, and confrontations with Russell and Ken. Ken is killed at a dramatic point with the help of a member of the ‘resistance’ group inside ImaTech
    This is an exciting book. The story is told in the first person by Maci and Fione, and from these we get the perspectives of the unusual bot and the human. I was excited about the fact that not all robots were actually alike – some has an advanced capacity and elements of ‘consciousness. Maci depicts this quality well. I was also excited by Fione’s final state – the only way to save her life was by creating a human robot. But how can I forget Ken’s character? The book is very well written and flows well. The characters’ lives and actions are like waves on a river above the steady undercurrent of consciousness expectations for bots, and transfer of human consciousness into bots.
    The reader interested in sci-fi technology and robot stories will find a lot to enjoy in this book. A questionnaire at the end of the book suggests that the author is open to suggestions from readers for the sequel – rather unusual.
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