The Automatic Age Automatic Age

by G.M.B. Chomichuk

The Automatic Age is the story of a father and son navigating an automated apocalypse.

The future was supposed to be a mechanical utopia of automats, self-driving cars, food pills, and nostalgia machines, designed to create maximum comfort and efficiency for its human inhabitants. But this automated paradise has turned into a world where robot search teams find and remove the troublesome humans that clutter it with grim efficiency.

Now Kerion and his young son, Barry, are two of the few people left behind. They must find a way not only to survive, but to reclaim their humanity.

"Chomichuk has developed a fascinating, complex setting . . . And he uses it to explore timely themes of automation, scarcity economics, and robot ethics, while also showcasing his formidable imagination." - Quill & Quire

79 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 30, 2020

About the author

GMB Chomichuk is an award-winning writer and illustrator whose work has appeared in film, television, books, comics and graphic novels. His most recent work with HighWater Press, Will I See?, was a collaboration with writer David A. Robertson and singer/songwriter Iskwē. He writes and/or illustrates occult suspense stories like Midnight City, science fiction works like Red Earth, or inspirational all-ages adventure stories like Cassie and Tonk. He is the host of Super Pulp Science a podcast about how genre gets made. His newest full length graphic novel Apocrypha: The Legend of Babymetal was featured on The Hollywood Reporter, The Nerdist, and Billboard Magazine.

Reviews

[NerdyCirc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Has a wonderful description of how the world works without giving to much away. The detail into how the autovolts and other robots work is great. There is a point near the end where you think something terrible is about to happen, then it turns completely around. That twist, even though it turned out well, brought me to tears. A wonderful bittersweet ending to a wonderful bittersweet story. I believe this will stick with me for a long time.