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    3 New Anthologies Bring Werewolves, ADD-Afflicted Drinking Birds, And Awesomeness

    Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?

    Frak Off! We've Got the Best Swear Words from Scifi
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    Image of Franklin Harris Franklin Harris
    08/20/09

    In reply to 3 New Anthologies Bring Werewolves, ADD-Afflicted Drinking Birds, And Awesomeness
    Anthologies like Eclipse and Fast Forward seem to be filing part of the void left by the decline of fiction magazines.
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    08/20/09

    @Franklin Harris: I spoke to Jeremy Lassen of Night Shade Books and he is definitely trying for some of that. They recently became the publishing partner of Electric Velocipede to help keep venues for speculative fiction short stories alive in print.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    08/20/09

    @Franklin Harris: That's my perception too... but on the other hand, you still need short fiction magazines to nurture new talent and provide stories for anthologies to reprint.
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    08/20/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Isn't Eclipse all unpublished stuff?
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    Image of Franklin Harris Franklin Harris
    08/20/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Magazines are definitely better at nurturing new talent, but the anthologies we see now are increasingly publishing previously unpublished stories. I suspect one reason anthologies are supplanting mags is anthologies tend to offer more known talent for the reader's buck. But it could end up self-defeating is there's no place for new talent to become known.
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    08/20/09

    In reply to 3 New Anthologies Bring Werewolves, ADD-Afflicted Drinking Birds, And Awesomeness
    The first two volumes of Eclipse were truly great. What I really dig is that these are general Speculative Fiction, no themes. You ain't going to cotton to every single story, but I'll guarantee you'll find something you love that's not really "your type of story".

    And kudos to Jeremy and Johnathan for getting that piece of vintage SF art by Richard Powers for the cover. Nice touch.
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    Image of MosesMonster MosesMonster
    08/20/09

    In reply to 3 New Anthologies Bring Werewolves, ADD-Afflicted Drinking Birds, And Awesomeness
    And where might one find such gems? I'm going to blow a paycheck.
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    08/20/09

    @MosesMonster: Eclipse 3 comes out in October, as does Last Drink Bird Head Here's a link to the first two Eclipses: [nightshadebooks.com]
    ...or go to Amazon.
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    05/21/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    Ahem... Cherry 2000?
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    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    Can't forget these too (especially her): [www.stat.osu.edu]
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/20/09

    @jeremedia: Yeah, thought about them... but who do they kill?
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    Image of Barrie Corp Barrie Corp
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    Galaxina (with Dorothy Stratton) wasn't a sexbot. She was a pilot that reprogrammed herself for sex. I know... splittin hairs.


    However, you did forget to mention the Japanese classic Robotrix, which featured Amy Yip. But then now that I think about it, she was also not programmed for sex, but I'm not sure what she was programmed for. I just remember she looked sexiful.

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    05/20/09

    @Barrie Corp: I certainly have never forgotten Robotrix... posted a clip from it a while back: [io9.com]
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    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    I am, somewhat dissappointedly, surprised there are no killy android sexbots on the list, only killy gynoid sexbots...


    And then I stopped to realise, I can't think of any instances of such. Anyone else know of any?

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/20/09

    @neolex: There are like three or four male sexbots on the list actually.
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    It's only a matter of time before Lady GaGa's programing goes haywire and she goes on a brutal killing spree. Is no one else concerned about this?
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    There are also killer sexbots (Boomers in this case) in the anime Parasite Dolls.


    It's only an ok anime, so if you haven't seen it don't sweat it. The art's decent though.


    And, of course, anime seems to just love sexbots and sexbots that go rogue.

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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/20/09

    @Belabras: Truer words have never been spoken.
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    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    (In the book, I think the husbands kill the original wives.)


    They do this in the original movie as well. It isn't shown, it's implied.

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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    05/20/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.:

    Yes, but it's the replacement droid that is stalking the protagonist at the end of the movie.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/20/09

    @Belabras: Ugh, you are correct. This is what I get for skimming.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    Two other missing references are episodes "Valerie 23" and "Mary 25" of "The Outer Limits". I couldn't find Valerie 23 on youtube, and I only found Mary 25 on youtube in what sounds like Romanian, but you'll get the idea when you see the 1 minute between 1:35 and 2:30, which shows some of the killer scenes of Valerie 23 (though not the best scenes, which are NSFW).

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/20/09

    @Roklimber: I almost included Valerie 23, but IIRC she's just a sexbot who gets jealous. Does she actually kill anyone?
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    05/20/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Though by that criterion, I don't April from BtVS killed anyone either... Though she came close.


    Of course, that episode sets up the appearance of the Buffy Bot, who is also a sex robot who kills, though it only kills vampires and demons...

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/20/09

    @ejs2000: April definitely gives killing people the old college try...
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    Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    man, I just remembered an anime I watched a LOOONG time ago where there is a sexbot in it. I don't remember if she killed anyone, but I remember her in lingerie, and she's malfunctioning, and she starts fingering herself and the cop blows her away.


    Man, I wonder what movie that was...

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    Image of markus0i markus0i
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    It's a shame not to mention the Cylons in Battlestar Galactica. Even if to say why you didn't include them.
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    05/20/09

    @markus0i: Did you read the part where I wrote "Note: We're not listing killer robots who just happen to be sexy. To win a place on this list, a robot has to have been built for sex, and then turned lethal. Feel free to debate our choices below."
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    A gynoid says what.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    05/20/09

    @Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: Wha- waaait.
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    05/20/09

    In reply to Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier?
    The lady has boogers in her nose.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/20/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: You mean cyboogers.
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    05/20/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Those are data inputs.
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