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Friday, October 26, 2007

Recommendation Help?

Just finished huge assignment and I need a pick-me-up. Well, also a nap. But I can do THAT one on my own.

So anyway, since I'm feeling a little robotic right now, and I'm realizing a dearth of appropriate material. I'm looking for recommendations for anything with robots (preferably androids, I like my robots humanoid and my humans robotic, :-)) or cyborgs.

Help me out?

posted by kalinara @ 8:50 AM  

13 Comments:

  • At October 26, 2007 8:59 AM, Blogger LurkerWithout said…

    Comic: Metal Men or Noble Causes

    Movie: The Amazing Screw-On Head

    Book: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

    Obscure 80s Tv Show: Mann & Machine

     

  • At October 26, 2007 11:05 AM, Blogger SallyP said…

    I'm not too enthralled with Ms. Marvel, but Aaron Stack aka Machine Man, is fantastic! Plus,he's built, and he seems to enjoy interacting with "fleshy ones".

     

  • At October 26, 2007 11:31 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Battle Angel Alita, Appleseed, or Ghost in the Shell.

    All three manga series are good (though the Last Order alternate continuation of Battle Angel is a bit hit and miss) and they all have anime adaptations if you're in the moo to watch rather than read.

     

  • At October 26, 2007 12:35 PM, Blogger Will Staples said…

    I've never read it, but going just by the title alone I'd say Magnus: Robot Fighter is right up your alley.

    There's also Osamu Tezuka's version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, both comic and film versions.

     

  • At October 26, 2007 1:48 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Nextwave.

    Nothing else.

    Just Nextwave.

     

  • At October 26, 2007 3:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Issac Asimov"s The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, Robots of Dawn, Robots and Empire. This is the series which inspired Data as well as his Creator on Star Trek: TNG.
    Speaking of TNG "Datalore"& "Measure of A Man" are outstanding for this
    aLSO Teminator 2&3 and Johny 5
    As for Cyborgs or Bionics; how about Robocop, Edward Scissor-Hands and Army of Darkness "THIS IS MY BOOM STICK!:)

    Glad you made it Kalinara, enjy these Classics

     

  • At October 26, 2007 5:33 PM, Blogger Tom the Bomb said…

    Cyborg: Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman. Female cyborg Fatale joins superteam, helps defeat Dr. Impossible.

     

  • At October 26, 2007 6:08 PM, Blogger Centurion said…

    RoboCop.

     

  • At October 26, 2007 7:08 PM, Blogger Melchior del Darién said…

    Stanislaw Lem, The Cyberiad, (1967; tr. 1974).

     

  • At October 26, 2007 9:11 PM, Blogger Anthony Strand said…

    The craptacular 1989 Pete Townshend concept album The Iron Man. No, seriously. It's mesmerizing.

     

  • At October 26, 2007 11:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Everybody else speaks lies. LIES!

    Nextwave. It's all you need.

     

  • At October 27, 2007 2:08 PM, Blogger Dave Carter said…

    Comic: Kerry Callen's Halo and Sprocket. It's fun (and at times adorable). Just the sort of light-hearted reading you need after a huge assignment.

    (And if you're looking for a novel, I second the recommendation of The Cyberiad)

     

  • At October 27, 2007 2:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Scud, the Disposable Assassin.

     

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