Robots: Reel to Real

by Barbara Krasnoff

Traces the development of robots from their first appearances in literature and films to their present state of sophistication, and predicts their future

224 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1984

About the author

Barbara Krasnoff has published short stories in Crossed Genres, Electric Velocipede, Space and Time, Apex Magazine, Doorways, Escape Velocity, Sybil's Garage, Behind the Wainscot, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Amazing, Weird Tales, and Descant. She's contributed to the anthologies Clockwork Phoenix 2, Such A Pretty Face: Tales of Power & Abundance, and Memories and Visions: Women's Fantasy and Science Fiction. She also published the nonfiction Robots: Reel to Real, which was supposed to head up a young adult series of books called How It Works -- but the publisher was eaten by a larger publisher.

When Barbara isn't making a living as Features & Reviews Editor for Computerworld.com, she's hanging out with the NYC writers group Tabula Rasa or in Brooklyn, NY with her partner Jim Freund.

Reviews

[colleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

read 08.16.85