# My Awesome New Robot Book

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837571>\
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**Created:** [July 24, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837571 "2019-07-24T21:05:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837571/22 "2020-03-31T02:07:24Z")

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There were simply too many many movies and tv shows in the modern era to cover. The robot was a minor element in the movie, and neither the movie nor the tv show were famous enough in themselves to require including, IMO. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837571/23 "2020-03-31T03:10:25Z")

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Fair enough, although I’d argue _Holmes and Yoyo_ was even more obscure yet included… although yes, definitely the robot there was one of the two leads.

No need to apologize - it was an exhaustive work that clearly shows you did considerable research.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837571/24 "2020-03-31T16:26:39Z")

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Thank you. I found that exhaustive research doesn’t mean you exhaust your sources, it means you exhaust yourself. I ended with 140,000 words of text for a 90,000 word book.

But I will certainly think about adding an article on Logan’s Run to my general site, [Flying Cars and Food Pills](http://www.flyingcarsandfoodpills.com), which has a section on robots. I currently have 19 ideas lined up for research and posting, though, so it may take a while. OTOH, what else do I have to do now? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837571/25 "2020-03-31T17:22:43Z")

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One of the things I find interesting about Rem from _Logan’s Run_ is that he has zero trace of Pinocchio Syndrome, unlike Data from _Star Trek_. Unlike some other such creations, though, he’s not evil or adversarial. Rem likes humans, especially “his” humans, but has zero desire to be a human, he’s quite happy being who/what he is and also quite happy to aid Logan and Jessica.

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