Liesvanrompaey, 7 months ago to bookstodon

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After watching Foundation I was curious about Asimov's Robot books.

The stories so far (I Robot and The Rest of the Robots) are quite simple and a bit crude, but they are also refreshing in their simplicity.

I see the stories as Asimov's take on the advances in robotics and computing he witnessed. It's funny in a way that the robot themes in science fiction haven't changed all that much since then.

#asimov #SF #sciencefiction #robots

dance_along_the_edge, 10 months ago to comics

No one ever called Otto Binder #BOTD (1911-1974) lazy.

Writer of the Adam Link, Robot series in the pulps which were a huge inspiration to #Asimov and others. Then drifted to comics with long runs at Fawcett and DC and short runs at most others. DC editor E. Nelson Bridwell assessed Binder’s total output at "almost 50,000 pages of comics".
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#OttoBinder #AdamLink #ScienceFiction #Pulps #DC #DCComics #LoSH #FawcettComics #SilverAge #ComicBooks #Comics @comics

Wow Comics #10 (Fawcett 1943) art by Marc Swayze Mary Marvel, a brunette girl in a red and yellow costume dress with a yellow lightning bolt on the chest and yellow boots and white cape with a yellow trim sits on a mountaintop as storm clouds and a giant lightning bolt flashes above her. Starring MARY MARVEL the "SHAZAM" girl in "THE SINISTER SECRET OF HOTEL HIDEAWAY"
The Silver Age Superman family (art by Curt Swan and George Klein) Flying or floating in the sky (L-R) Krypto the Super-Dog, Streaky the Super-Cat, Comet the Super-Horse, Mr. Mxyzptlk, The Legion of Super-Heroes in their time bubble. Standing (L-R) Ma and Pa Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Lucy Lane, Perry White, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Superman, Supergirl, Professor Potter, Bizarro #1, Lara and Joe-El statues. Bottom left corner: Beppo the Super-Monkey. Bottom right corner: Mermaid Lori Lemaris.
Photograph of Otto Binder in a suit and tie.