A light-hearted roundup of robots in popular culture, fiction, films, TV, animation and toys. From the earliest robots through to the 21st Century's cutting-edge automatons, Simon Furman highlights the influential, the radical and the downright weird: from Robby to Gigolo Joe, from Asimov to Douglas Adams, from Robot Sparky to Transformers. Chapters include Robots Go Galactic, When Robots Go Bad, Spaced-Out Robots and Robots with Dangerous Curves. Packed with stunning color photographs and infused with Simon Furman's enthusiasm and wit, this book will be a treasure trove for all robot fans
- ISBN10 1856268551
- ISBN13 9781856268554
- Publish Date 25 June 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 March 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Kyle Cathie
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English