Closed Minded? Or A Bridge Too Far?

[rinue]

I'm willing to accept just about any SF premise (although not necessarily what you do after that), but I really can't get behind steampunk androids. I know they have a long history, but there is no way you could fit that kind of computing power inside a robot head without quantum circuits, if then. I mean, Jesus, a difference engine? That approximated human-like reasoning? At less than 1 square foot? Without a network? How much . . . how much can you fit on a punchcard?

I of course still like Tik-Tok the Royal Army of Oz, but he exists in a magical world where there are living scarecrows and so forth. It goes without saying that Atomic Robo is atomic and by definition not steam-powered.

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[valancy_jane]

Wahaa! Just researched. Guess what else he wrote? Sherlock, "The Great Game"!

Don't know if I ever properly thanked you for introducing me, by the way. So beautiful.

Mark Gatiss - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gatiss#Writer