¿ They are invincible warriors of steel, silky-skinned enticers, stealers of jobs and lovable goofball sidekicks. Legions of robots and androids star in the dream factories of Hollywood and leer on pulp magazine covers, instantly recognizable icons of American popular culture. For two centuries, we have been told tales of encounters with creatures stronger, faster and smarter than ourselves, making us wonder who would win in a battle between machine and human. This book examines society's introduction to robots and androids such as Robby and Rosie, Elektro and Sparko, Data, WALL-E, C-3PO and…mehr
¿ They are invincible warriors of steel, silky-skinned enticers, stealers of jobs and lovable goofball sidekicks. Legions of robots and androids star in the dream factories of Hollywood and leer on pulp magazine covers, instantly recognizable icons of American popular culture. For two centuries, we have been told tales of encounters with creatures stronger, faster and smarter than ourselves, making us wonder who would win in a battle between machine and human. This book examines society's introduction to robots and androids such as Robby and Rosie, Elektro and Sparko, Data, WALL-E, C-3PO and the Terminator, particularly before and after World War II when the power of technology exploded. Learn how robots evolved with the times and then eventually caught up with and surpassed them.
Steve Carper is an archeologist who digs through mounds of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, radio and television shows, movies, cartoons, and comics to transport modern readers to a time that glorified a future based on technological wonders. He lives in Rochester, New York.
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Table of Contents Introduction Part One: The Robot Pre-Computer 1. The Robot and the Android: The Origin of the Species 2. The Heimlich Maneuver: Robots in Early Fiction 3. Is It Mechanism or Soul? Robots on the Stage 4. The Wonderful Walking Mechanical Men 5. "Quiet, Please-I'm Talking": The Westinghouse Family of Robots 6. Iron Monster Turns Traitor: Amateur Robots 7. Buck, Flash, Tillie and Mickey: Robots in Comic Strips 8. A Tribe of Living Mechanical Men! Robots in Comic Books 9. Utterly Alien and Nonhuman: The Robot in Golden Age Science Fiction 10. The Automaton! Robots in Movies Part Two: The Robot Post-Computer 11. Robots as Camp 12. Robots and Kids 13. Robots as Androids 14. Robots as Sexbots 15. Robots as Enemies 16. Robots, Robots Everywhere Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Introduction Part One: The Robot Pre-Computer 1. The Robot and the Android: The Origin of the Species 2. The Heimlich Maneuver: Robots in Early Fiction 3. Is It Mechanism or Soul? Robots on the Stage 4. The Wonderful Walking Mechanical Men 5. "Quiet, Please-I'm Talking": The Westinghouse Family of Robots 6. Iron Monster Turns Traitor: Amateur Robots 7. Buck, Flash, Tillie and Mickey: Robots in Comic Strips 8. A Tribe of Living Mechanical Men! Robots in Comic Books 9. Utterly Alien and Nonhuman: The Robot in Golden Age Science Fiction 10. The Automaton! Robots in Movies Part Two: The Robot Post-Computer 11. Robots as Camp 12. Robots and Kids 13. Robots as Androids 14. Robots as Sexbots 15. Robots as Enemies 16. Robots, Robots Everywhere Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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