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Author Hall, Richard A., 1969- author.

Title Robots in popular culture : androids and cyborgs in the American imagination / Richard A. Hall.

Publication Info. Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2021]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  629.892 HALL    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  809.93 HAL NEWBKS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  809.9336 HALL    Check Shelf
Description xxx, 325 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Robots in Popular Culture: Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination seeks to provide one go-to reference for the study of the most popular and iconic robots in American popular culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Thematic Essays -- Robots and Slavery -- Heroic Robots and Their Impact on Sci-Fi Narratives -- Villainous Robots and Their Impact on Sci-Fi Narratives -- Cyborgs: Robotic Humans or Organic Robots? -- AI and the Apocalypse: Science Fiction Meeting Science Fact -- A -- Z Entries -- Adam -- Al/Ziggy -- Alita -- Androids -- Arnim Zola -- AWESOM-O 4000 -- Batcomputer -- B.A.T.S (Battle Android Troopers) -- Battle Droids -- Baymax -- BB-8 -- Bender -- Bernard -- Bishop -- Borg -- Brain iac -- Buffybot -- C-3PO -- Cambot/Gypsy/Tom Servo/Crow -- Cerebro/Cerebra -- Control -- Cybermen -- Cyborg -- Cylons -- Daleks -- Darth Vader -- D-O -- Doctor Octopus -- Doctor/EMH (Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I) -- Dolores -- Doombots -- Dr. Theopolis and Twiki -- Echo/CT-1409 -- ED-209 -- EV-9D9 -- Fembots -- General Grievous -- The Great Intelligence -- HAL 9000 -- HERBIE -- Human Torch -- IG-88/IG-11 -- Inspector Gadget -- Iron Giant -- Iron Legion -- Iron Man -- Jaime Sommers -- Janet -- JARVIS/Friday -- Jocasta -- Johnny 5/S.A.I.N.T. Number 5 -- K-2SO -- K9 -- KITT -- L3-37/Millennium Falcon -- Landru -- Lieutenant Commander Data -- LMDs (Life Model Decoys) -- Lore/B4 -- Marvin the Paranoid Android -- Maschinenmensch/Maria -- The Matrix/Agent Smith -- Max Headroom -- Mechagodzilla -- Medical Droids -- Metalhead -- Metallo -- Muffit -- Nardole -- OASIS -- Oz -- R2-D2 -- Rehoboam -- Replicants -- Robby the Robot -- RoboCop -- Robot -- Robots -- Rosie -- Sentinels -- Skynet -- Soji and Dahj Asha -- Speed Buggy -- Starfleet Computer -- Stepford Wives -- Steve Austin -- TARDIS -- Terminators -- Teselecta -- Tin Woodsman -- Transformers -- Ultron -- V-GER -- VICI -- Vision -- Voltron -- WALL-E -- Warlock -- WOPR -- Zordon/Alpha-5.
Subject Robots in mass media -- Encyclopedias.
Mass media -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Robots in popular culture -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Mass media. (OCoLC)fst01011219
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst01423798
Other Form: Online version: Hall, Richard A., 1969- Robots in popular culture Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2021] 9781440873850 (DLC) 2021008323
ISBN 9781440873843 hardcover
1440873844 hardcover
9781440873850 electronic book
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