The Robot Age of the Future: A Glimpse of Hobart in 3,000 A. D.
Item
Title of Story
The Robot Age of the Future: A Glimpse of Hobart in 3,000 A. D.
Critical Introduction
Placeholder text. Coming in 2026.
Story Summary
3000 A.D. A man from 1932 is resurrected and learns about the future, encountering robots everywhere. Set in Hobart.
Future Year Set
3000 A.D.
How this Story was Identified
Searching Trove for robot and chapter, discarding any poor OCR that had identified Robert as robot, and close reading of stories where emotionless characters are described as robots.
Date Details Added to IA
May 2024
Attributed Author
C. D. Stevens
First Published Date of Last Installment
1932
Year For Sorting
1932
Date Range
1932
Estimated Word Count
7000
Length
Short Story
Newspaper Publisher Citation
The Voice
Newspaper Name Location Years
The Voice Hobart
Location Town City
Hobart
Location State Territory
Tasmania
Provincial or Metro
Metropolitan
Also Published in
1934
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