Robots in Popular Culture : Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination /: Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard A. Hall.
• Authors: Hall, Richard A; Hall, Richard A, 1969-
• Contents: PrefaceChronology of Milestone EventsIntroductionThematic EssaysRobots and SlaveryHeroic Robots and Their Impact on Sci-Fi NarrativesVillainous Robots and Their Impact on Sci-Fi NarrativesCyborgs: Robotic Humans or Organic Robots?AI and the Apocalypse: Science Fiction Meeting Science FactA–Z EntriesAdamAl/ZiggyAlitaAndroidsArnim ZolaAWESOM-O 4000BatcomputerB.A.T.s (Battle Android Troopers)Battle DroidsBaymaxBB-8BenderBernardBishopBorgBrainiacBuffybotC-3POCambot/Gypsy/Tom Servo/CrowCerebro/CerebraControlCybermenCyborgCylonsDaleksDarth VaderD-ODoctor OctopusDoctor/EMH (Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I)DoloresDoombotsDr. Theopolis and TwikiEcho/CT-1409ED-209EV-9D9FembotsGeneral GrievousThe Great IntelligenceHAL 9000HERBIEHuman TorchIG-88/IG-11Inspector GadgetIron GiantIron LegionIron ManJaime SommersJanetJARVIS/FridayJocastaJohnny 5/S.A.I.N.T. Number 5K-2SOK9KITTL3-37/Millennium FalconLandruLieutenant Commander DataLMDs (Life Model Decoys)Lore/B4Marvin the Paranoid AndroidMaschinenmensch/MariaThe Matrix/Agent SmithMax HeadroomMechagodzillaMedical DroidsMetalheadMetalloMuffitNardoleOASISOzR2-D2RehoboamReplicantsRobby the RobotRoboCopRobotRobotsRosieSentinelsSkynetSoji and Dahj AshaSpeed BuggyStarfleet ComputerStepford WivesSteve AustinTARDISTerminatorsTeselectaTin WoodsmanTransformersUltronV-GERVICIVisionVoltronWALL-EWarlockWOPRZordon/Alpha-5GlossaryBibliographyAbout the Author and ContributorsIndex.
• Publisher Details: Westport, CT : Greenwood
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (360 pages)
• Subjects: 302.24; Robots in popular culture -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Mass media -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Robots in mass media -- Encyclopedias; Popular culture
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216140337; 9798216009559; 9781440873850; 1440873852
• Related ISBNs: 9781440873843; 1440873844
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