Robots -- Fiction
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Afterimages, 2023
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Identifier: cw_2023spring_shoults_joyce.pdf
Overview
"Afterimages is a science ficition [sic] psychological mystery that splits its setting between a small island in the British Isles and a world called the "Simulation." The narrative follows the character of Dahlia, an amnesiac woman trying to solve the mystery of who she was and what happened to her. This is a story about love, death, cults, and robots." -- Abstract
Dates:
2023
Debbie and the Brain, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_courtade_joshua.pdf
Overview
"The Valley, 1986. Debbie, a way cool teenage brainiac, lands a rad internship with Dr. Ophelia Glutz, a robotics genius. Debbie's psyched to help her build a bodacious robot, but they need an organic brain to power the mechanical dude. Meanwhile, Debbie has eyes for hunky Chip Gordon, who's not too bright but is super sweet. A mega freaky surfing accident kills Chip, so Debbie swipes his brain and puts it in the robot dude's dome. Dr. Glutz gets super cheesed ‘cause Chip's lame brain makes...
Dates:
2021
The Disquaified, 2020
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Identifier: sw_2020spring_bazil_connor.pdf
Overview
"THE DISQUALIFIED is a science-fiction romance film that dissects the nature of humanity - an exploration built upon concepts of existentialism and absurdism. In a future where most of the world relies on companion robots called Halves, the tepid heir to a tech conglomerate rediscovers his humanity when he falls in love with a vivacious Luddite. Drawing inspiration from many sources, including Georges Bataille and Francis Bacon, the screenplay serves as a study on the human condition....
Dates:
2020