My Account Log in

1 option

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

Van Pelt Library P96.R632 U653 2021
Loading location information...

Available This item is available for access.

Log in to request item
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hall, Richard A., 1969- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Robots in mass media--Encyclopedias.
Robots in mass media.
Mass media--United States--Encyclopedias.
Mass media.
Robots in popular culture--United States--Encyclopedias.
Robots in popular culture.
United States.
Genre:
Encyclopedias.
Physical Description:
xxx, 325 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2021]
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Hall, Richard A., 1969- Robots in popular culture
ISBN:
9781440873843
1440873844
OCLC:
1231579954

The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.

Find

Home Release notes

My Account

Shelf Request an item Bookmarks Fines and fees Settings

Guides

Using the Find catalog Using Articles+ Using your account