Robot Sex

Investigating and reimagining the origin story of the sex doll through the tale of the sailor’s dames de voyage.

Come and take a thrilling excursion across the robot galaxy. Since time immemorial, humans have sought to build artificial creatures that move and talk. You will see and discover many of these fantastic creations in this book. But you will also see depicted a startling future in which science and alchemy turn everything upside down.

Retreating from the mad, mad world of mechanical overlords, Magnus descends into the SubStructure, where a bizarre collection of feral humans called Gophs live free from robot society. Winding up in the Uncanny Valley, a forbidden sex and death club, the timelost rebel discovers a gladiatorial pit where humans fight to the death, and the slain are dismembered for spare parts. Can Magnus hold his own against the merciless Goph hordes?
Collects issues #5-8 of the ongoing Magnus: Robot Fighter series.

Covering a remarkable range of texts ”from the 1930s fantastic detective fiction of Yumeno Kyusaku to the cross-culturally produced and marketed film and video game franchise Final Fantasy” this book firmly establishes Japanese science fiction as a vital and exciting genre. Rich exploration of the genre that connects prose science fiction to contemporary anime.

This book reveals that the way we perceive sex robots is how we perceive ourselves, overcoming the false human/non-human binary. From Greek myths, to the film Ex Machina, to Japanese technology,