February 02, 2004
Robots of the Victorian Era
And, since you ask, of course I have never heard of steampunk.
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Excellent. Thanks. Even in an age that gave birth to the automobile and aeroplane, a functioning mechanical man should have been accorded more significance.
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The "Boilerplate" robot made me think immediately of Tik-Tok of Oz! Wonder if L. Frank Baum or his illustrator ever saw that picture.