Generation Robot, Terri Favro
Generation Robot, Terri Favro
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Generation Robot
A Century of Science Fiction, Fact, and Speculation

Author: Terri Favro

Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/06/2018

Synopsis

Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculation―from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov’s seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge. Beginning with a childhood informed by pop-culture robots in movies, in comic books, and on TV in the 1960s to adulthood where the possibilities of self-driving cars and virtual reality are daily conversation, Terri Favro offers a unique perspective on how our relationship with robotics and futuristic technologies has shifted over time. Peppered with pop-culture fun-facts about Superman’s kryptonite, the human-machine relationships in the cult TV show Firefly, and the sexual and moral implications of the film Ex Machina, Generation Robot explores how the techno-triumphs and resulting anxieties of reality bleed into the fantasies of our collective culture.Clever and accessible, Generation Robot isn’t just for the serious, scientific reader―it’s for everyone interested in robotics and technology since their science-fiction origins. By looking back at the future she once imagined, analyzing the plugged-in present, and speculating on what is on the horizon, Terri Favro allows readers the chance to consider what was, what is, and what could be. This is a captivating book that looks at the pop-culture of our society to explain how the world works―now and tomorrow.

About Terri Favro

Terri Favro, winner of the CBC Creative Non-fiction Prize for her essay “Icarus,” is the author of the novels Sputnik’s Children, Once Upon A Time In West Toronto, and The Proxy Bride, and the co-creator of a series of comic books published by Grey Borders Books. She has written marketing copy for IBM, Apple, Blackberry, and LEGO, among others. She lives in Toronto.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diane

“I was born in the middle of the big, fat fifties, a decade stuffed with lardy piecrust, Fluffernutters and fear.” And with that brilliant opening line, Terri Favro takes us on a funny, fascinating, deeply felt journey through her generation’s relationships with robots, artificial intelligence and c......more

Goodreads review by Artur

Uma obra intrigante para juntar às estantes de livros sobre futurismos. Com um ponto de vista único, e raramente visto neste género. Não apregoa apocalipses distópicos nem pinta tudo com um rosa optimista berrante. Não é um livro escrito por alguém ligado ao futurismo ou ao comentário sobre tecnolog......more

Goodreads review by Elena

Review originally published at: [URL not allowed] I rarely read non-fiction, but I found the title and premises of this book appealing. Terry Favro explores how robots were conceived in literature and film, and how that translated into reality. We witness the beginning of simpl......more

Goodreads review by Carlos

Favro presents the current advances in robotics and AI, and their expected near-future developments, in the context of the sci-fi culture of the last 70 years. In a fun and engaging prose Favro takes us from Asimov to the current sci-fi movies as she charts how our current and foreseeable scientific......more

Goodreads review by Kenya

I admit it, I'm a huge (fictional) robot nut and I picked this book up expecting more of a focus on fictional robots -- but can you blame me when it talks about science fiction directly in the title? That said, Generation Robot is still an informative read, giving an overview of the development of m......more

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