Dot.Robot Series
{{Short description|2009–2011 book series by Jason Bradbury}}
{{Infobox Novel series
| name = Dot.Robot
| image =
| books = Dot.Robot, Dot.Robot:Atomic Swarm, Dot.Robot:Cyber Gold
| author = Jason Bradbury
| country = United Kingdom
| genre = Children's, Thriller fiction
| publisher = Puffin
| pub_date = 5 February 2009
| media_type = Print (Paperback)
}}
The Dot.Robot Series is a trilogy of techno-thrillers by Jason Bradbury. The series centres on the characters Jackson Farley, Brooke English, the Kojima Twins and Devlin Lear. The first novel in the trilogy was released on 5 February 2009. Its official website is hosted on a server named in the first novel.{{cite web|url=http://www.argn.com/2009/03/a_novel_idea_dot_robot_has_its_own_arg/|title=A novel idea: Dot Robot has its own secret website|last=Waite|first=Jonathon|date=March 15, 2009 |accessdate=18 January 2010}}
Series
= Novels =
- Dot.Robot (5 February 2009){{cite web|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-12/22/review-dotrobot.aspx|title=Review: Dot.Robot|last=Hinton|first=Chris|date=22 December 2009|publisher=wired.co.uk|accessdate=19 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212054813/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-12/22/review-dotrobot.aspx|archive-date=12 February 2010|url-status=dead}}
- Dot.Robot: Atomic Swarm (7 January 2010)
- Dot.Robot: Cyber Gold (7 April 2011)
Characters
= Main characters =
- Jackson Farley: Jackson Farley is a computer whizz-kid. His favourite computer game is Whisper, which he plays under the alias WizardZombie. He is contacted by Devlin Lear to become a member of MeX, a secret government organisation at the beginning of the first book.
- Brooke English: Brooke English is an American daughter of an Engineer. She spends her time working on self-driving cars and other robotic related projects such as Punk.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSx17KtqWZA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/vSx17KtqWZA |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Jason Bradbury meets a Dot Robot|date=20 January 2009|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=18 January 2010}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.doyouknowanysecrets.com/meet_punk.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302232821/http://www.doyouknowanysecrets.com/meet_punk.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2012|title=Meet Punk|publisher=www.doyouknowanysecrets.com|accessdate=17 February 2010}}
- The Kojima twins: The Kojima twins are nine-year-old professional gamers. They have three younger siblings and an overbearing father and mother. They recently won the most prestigious gaming competition in Japan.
- Devlin Lear/Mr. Pope: Devlin Lear is a businessman with a ruthless streak. He is the founder of MeX and disappears at the end of the first book, only to reappear in the second. He is revealed to be Jackson's biological father in "Dot.Robot:Atomic Swarm".
- Yakimoto: A ruthless Japanese Diamond dealer/gang boss, Yakimoto killed both of Jackson's parents.{{cite web|url=http://www.doyouknowanysecrets.com/cast.asp|title=MEX Logbook|publisher=www.doyouknowanysecrets.com|accessdate=18 February 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302232837/http://www.doyouknowanysecrets.com/cast.asp|archivedate=2 March 2012}}
= Other characters =
- Mr. Farley: Jackson's father is a strict parent who is still upset about the death of his wife several years earlier.
- JP English: The father of Brooke English, JP is a professor of robotics at MIT.
- Nathaniel Goulman: JP's lab assistant.
Critical reception
The first novel, Dot.Robot, received generally good reviews with author Eoin Colfer describing it as "The best of a brand new breed of techno-thriller".
References
- [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/jason-bradbury/dot-robot.htm Fantastic fiction page for Dot.Robot]
Notes
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20100122035035/http://www.doyouknowanysecrets.com:80/}}
- [http://www.jasonbradbury.com Jason Bradbury's blog]
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
Category:Series of children's books
Category:British young adult novels
Category:British children's novels
Category:Children's science fiction novels
Category:Techno-thriller novels
Category:21st-century British novels
Category:Speculative crime and thriller fiction
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