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02511aam a22003018i 4500 001 51EBA9BC300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220909010236 008 191212r20202018nyua b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 151075461X 020 $a 9781510754614 035 $a (OCoLC)1140118754 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d KAY $d SILO 082 04 $a 809.38762 $2 23 100 1 $a Favro, Terri, $e author. 245 10 $a Generation robot : $b a century of science fiction, fact, and speculation / $c Terri Favro. 264 1 $a New York : $b Skyhorse Publishing, $c 2020. 300 $a 1 volume : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Originally published: 2018. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact, and speculation-from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge. Beginning with a childhood informed by pop-culture robots in movies, in comic books, and on TV in the 1960s, to adulthood where the possibilities of self-driving cars and virtual reality are daily conversation, Terri Favro offers a unique perspective on how our relationship with robotics and futuristic technologies has shifted over time. Peppered with pop-culture fun-facts about Superman's kryptonite, the human-machine relationships in the cult TV show Firefly, and the sexual and moral implications of the film Ex Machina, Generation Robot explores how the techno-triumphs and resulting anxieties of reality bleed into the fantasies of our collective culture. Clever and accessible, Generation Robot isn't just for the serious, scientific reader-it's for everyone interested in robotics and technology since their science-fiction origins. By looking back at the future she once imagined, analyzing the plugged-in present, and speculating on what is on the horizon, Terri Favro allows readers the chance to consider what was, what is, and what could be. This is a captivating book that looks at the pop-culture of our society to explain how the world works-now and tomorrow. 650 0 $a Science fiction $x History and criticism. $9 201164 650 0 $a Robots in literature. 650 0 $a Artificial intelligence in literature. 941 $a 1 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909060956.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=51EBA9BC300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search