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Followup to Greg Vondruska's 2006 anthology of stories about robots and artificial intelligence, Robots are People, Too!. Stories by by Jason Maranto, Lou Copeland, Fran Matera, Mace Markham, Dan Boyd, Greg Vondruska, Gary Culler and Jason Franks.
Edited by Greg Vondruska. Cover by Fran Matera.
28 pages, B&W interior, colour cover.
BREAKFAST AT HAL'S
Go west young man. Go to Lost Angeles, young robot. It's Hollywood for robots and everyones a star. Unless your a robot character actor contemplating how it all went somewhat sideways, totally wrong, and you find yourself worrying over the rust build up on your career. 4 pages, written and illustrated by Dan Boyd.
RODNEY FOR PRESIDENT
Rodney is the world's first artificial intelligence. He's been forty years in development, he was born in the USA... why shouldn't he run for President? 1 page, written and illustrated by Jason Franks.
HARDWIRED
He's a tradesdroid from the wrong side of the tracks; she's the beautiful young trophy wife of a wealthy execubot. Bad things happen when your programming and your wiring come into conflict. 4 pages, written by Jason Franks, illustrated by Greg Vondruska.
RECYCLED DREAMS
They met over drinks at some upscale bar. He was a catch with lots of cash. She was dangerously mysterious and frighteningly symmetrical. Her circuits knew all of his family's secrets and she wasn't too happy about them. 3 pages, written by Greg Vondruska, illustrated by Fran Matera.
SPACE PATROL OF THE SPACE FORCE
Even in the far reaches of space, where the aliens are different and the robots are, well, annoying sooner or later the dream has to end for someone. Fast forward to the milky way, but who will be sent back to earth? 2 pages, written and illustrated by Lou Copeland.
EYEBALL ROBOTO
A nostalgic walk; a robbery; a burrowing eye; a quest; a revelation. Androids, politics, celebrity under psychotropic lights. Dig it, man. 5 pages, story and script by Jason Franks, story and art by Greg Vondruska.
SPARE PARTS, SPARE TIME
In the lost age of post-romance, artificial intelligence could become a genuine interface between robot and humans. Does robotic attraction equal real love? 4 pages, written by Mace Markham, illustrated by Greg Vondruska.
A TIN HEART
On a distant estate, the robot faithfully serves his beautiful master. For ten years he does her bidding. He's just circuits, after all. But after the years pass, and she leaves this world for a better place, does his tin heart pump blood or coolant? 4 pages, written by Gary Culler and illustrated by Jason Maranto.
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