Great Robots of History

<p><strong>Long before the development of AI humans created automatons in their own image. </strong></p><p></p><p>These sixteen weird tales explore magical and mechanical representations of humankind drawn from history and myth - from Odin carving humans from wood to Pygmalion's living statue Galatea from Julius Caesar's animated wax effigy to the chess-playing Mechanical Turk from the first humanoid robot on the International Space Station to online deepfakes.</p><p></p><p><strong>Includes 'The Brazen Head of Westinghouse' winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction 2024.</strong></p>