Thread: Books That Predict The Future
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Old 07-29-2011, 10:18 AM   #34
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
Not all: There are plenty of robot stories and programs/movies that don't depict robots as "fearful creations," including Star Wars, Caves of Steel, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Questor Tapes, the Wild Cards series, Astro Boy, 8th Man, Ghost In The Shell, Silent Running, the Hal Spacejock series, etc.

In fact, I'd nominate Silent Running as depicting robots as non-threatening subservient drones, devices we are beginning to see in industrial and healthcare areas.
Go Silent Running, one of the most under-rated SF films, at least now rated as a classic by many...
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