By Robert A. Heinlein. HOLMES IV is the moon's master computer and it is achieved self-awareness. The computer helps the moon's inhabitants stage a revolution against Earth.

By E.M. Forster. A different kind of revolt—humans have become dependent on an omnipotent, global machine for generations. Humans become subservient and even worship the machine—but it is breaking down.

By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. This is the first book of the Legends of Dune prequel trilogy. The series tells the story of a crusade by the last free humans against a sentient, violent, and dominating computer.

By John Sladek. A new project is to develop a self-replicating mechanism that repairs inter-cellular breakdowns—but the metal boxes begin moving around the lab and feed on the metal, and multiplying.

By Tony Ballantyne. The series is about several robotic civilizations that have forgotten their past. War is imminent. 6. Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse. A computer scientist accidentally releases a highly intelligent sentient A.I. that plans the elimination of human civilization in order to preserve the Earth's biodiversity.

By Daniel H. Wilson. A computer scientist accidentally releases a highly intelligent sentient A.I. that plans the elimination of human civilization in order to preserve the Earth's biodiversity.

By Isaac Asimov This is a collection of short stories that explore robots, humans, and morality. The final story in the collection the machines experience a series of small glitches that make them believe that in order to keep humanity safe, the machines must control humanity.

By Arthur C. Clarke. HAL-9000 is one of the most famous computers in Sci Fi because it goes a little crazy and turns on its crew—think of it is a small cybernetic revolt. HAL has a crisis when there is a conflict between his orders and his duties, to which his solution is to eliminate the crew. Homicidal computer—super scary.

By D.F. Jones. The first of its series, the book is about a defense supercomputer that uses nuclear weapons to control humanity.

By Daniel Suarez. The first of this two-part series, is a thrilling tale about a computer program that gets activated—a program that begins to unravel our hyper-connected world.