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John Sladek (1937–2000)

Autor von Tick-Tack

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(eng) "James Vogh" was a pseudonym of Sladek's.

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Werke von John Sladek

Tick-Tack (1983) 372 Exemplare
Die stählerne Horde (1968) 336 Exemplare
Alice im Negerland. (1968) 195 Exemplare
Laß die Giraffe brennen (1977) 80 Exemplare
Das Momster und andere Aliens (1973) 78 Exemplare
Bugs (1989) 69 Exemplare
Black Aura (1974) 61 Exemplare
Invisible Green (1977) 46 Exemplare
The Best of John Sladek (1980) 44 Exemplare
The Lunatics of Terra (1984) 15 Exemplare
Judgement of Jupiter (1980) 15 Exemplare
Wholly Smokes (2003) 9 Exemplare
Mecasmo (1968) 8 Exemplare
Thirteenth Zodiac (1979) 7 Exemplare
The House that Fear Built (1966) 5 Exemplare
Roderick a solta-2 (1995) 5 Exemplare
Love Among the Xoids (1984) 4 Exemplare
Mechasme (1968) 4 Exemplare
Astrology and Your Health (1980) 2 Exemplare
Dining out 2 Exemplare
Roderick a solta-1 2 Exemplare
L'aura maléfique 1 Exemplar
Mecasmo 1 Exemplar
Roderick Livro 1 1 Exemplar
Méchasmes 1 Exemplar
Orgasmo mecánico 1 Exemplar
Peabody slept here 1 Exemplar
By an unknown hand 1 Exemplar
Comedo 1 Exemplar
Alien territory 1 Exemplar
In the distance 1 Exemplar
Guesting [short fiction] (1982) 1 Exemplar
Goodbye, Germany? 1 Exemplar
The Book of Clues (1984) 1 Exemplar
4-part list 1 Exemplar
Writing places 1 Exemplar
Radio cats 1 Exemplar
In the Oligocene 1 Exemplar
Publish and perish 1 Exemplar
Practical joke 1 Exemplar
Now that I'm free 1 Exemplar
Timetable 1 Exemplar
Thirteenth Zodiac 1 Exemplar

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Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Mitwirkender — 1,900 Exemplare
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. (1993) — Mitwirkender — 686 Exemplare
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (1994) — Mitwirkender — 392 Exemplare
Dangerous Visions 3 (1967) — Mitwirkender — 185 Exemplare
Nova zwei (1972) — Mitwirkender — 145 Exemplare
New Worlds: An Anthology (1983) — Mitwirkender — 108 Exemplare
The Best from Galaxy Volume IV (1976) — Mitwirkender — 103 Exemplare
The New Tomorrows (1971) — Mitwirkender — 77 Exemplare
New Worlds Quarterly 1 (1971) — Mitwirkender — 72 Exemplare
Best SF: 1967 (1968) — Mitwirkender — 69 Exemplare
Best SF Stories from New Worlds 2 (1966) — Mitwirkender — 67 Exemplare
Best SF Stories from New Worlds 4 (1969) — Mitwirkender — 65 Exemplare
Space Mail II (1982) — Mitwirkender — 64 Exemplare
The New SF (1969) — Mitwirkender — 63 Exemplare
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11 (1985) — Mitwirkender — 61 Exemplare
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 (1984) — Mitwirkender — 61 Exemplare
Antigrav (1975) — Mitwirkender — 59 Exemplare
New Worlds Quarterly 3 (1972) — Mitwirkender — 54 Exemplare
New Worlds Quarterly 4 (1972) — Mitwirkender — 53 Exemplare
Quark/2 (1971) — Mitwirkender — 53 Exemplare
Strangeness (1977) — Mitwirkender — 52 Exemplare
More Tales from the "Forbidden Planet" (1990) — Mitwirkender — 49 Exemplare
New Worlds 5 (1973) — Mitwirkender — 45 Exemplare
Alpha 6 (1976) — Mitwirkender — 45 Exemplare
Introductory Psychology through Science Fiction (1974) — Mitwirkender — 44 Exemplare
Quasar 2 : Science Fiction aus vier Kontinenten (1979) — Mitwirkender — 44 Exemplare
Interzone: The 4th Anthology (1983) — Mitwirkender — 41 Exemplare
The Shape of Sex to Come (1978) — Mitwirkender — 38 Exemplare
New Worlds 7 (1974) — Mitwirkender — 38 Exemplare
New Worlds 9 (1975) — Mitwirkender — 33 Exemplare
The Shores Beneath (1971) — Mitwirkender — 27 Exemplare
Drabble II: Double Century (1990) — Mitwirkender — 25 Exemplare
The Times Of London Anthology Of Detective Stories (1972) — Mitwirkender — 25 Exemplare
We, Robots (2010) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare
Bad Moon Rising (1973) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare
Holding your eight hands; an anthology of science fiction verse (1969) — Mitwirkender — 20 Exemplare
The New improved sun: An anthology of utopian S-F (1975) — Mitwirkender — 20 Exemplare
Mind in Chains (1970) — Mitwirkender — 14 Exemplare
Höhenflüge (1982) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben11 Exemplare
Alfa Twee: SF-Verhalen (1974) — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare
New constellations: An anthology of tomorrow's mythologies (1976) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Døds-layoutet 1 (1972) — Autor, einige Ausgaben; Autor, einige Ausgaben3 Exemplare
Pistolero fuori tempo — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Den ¤elektriske myre og andre science fiction-fortællinger (1984) — Autor, einige Ausgaben2 Exemplare
Døds-layoutet 2 (1973) — Autor, einige Ausgaben2 Exemplare
Focus 70 (2020) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar

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Before Bender “Bending Bot” Rodriquez there was Tik-Tok—a sophisticated robot who went on a murderous and violent crime spree that no one believed and went on to be the first nominated robot Vice-President.

The story of Tik-Tok is an amusing one. Throughout the book, his story interchanges between his past and the colourful people he is passed onto service for and his present, which usually involves him plotting his next crime or his next step in bringing equality to all robot in America.

A satirical comedy, Tik-Toks journey is an exploration of America which still feels relevant on a political level today. In fact it is the political satire which holds up the strongest with more relevance than ever in what often feels like an increasingly corrupt system no matter which way you turn.

Whilst the rest of the social satire doesn’t hold up as well as it did half a century ago, Tik-Tok’s exploits are amusing and it’s easy to find yourself rooting for him even as he heinously experiments with crimes such as arson, fraud, hijacking, jewel heists, violent chess games and more often than not—varied forms of murder.

What elevates Tik-Tok’s story is that is never explicit what his motivations are and when exactly he broke his “Asimov circuits” which previously prevented him commiting these acts—most of which no one believes because it is unheard of for a robot to do such things, leading to the framing of an unfortunate soul instead. Is Tik-Tok doing this because he wants to feel “real”? Or perhaps to further his cause for bringing rights to robots having rescued so many from dereliction. Or perhaps it’s just because he can. Whatever Tik-Tok’s motivations, it’s hard not to root for him no matter how low he stoops simply because he is somehow fundamentally likeable, whilst those around him seem to deserve it.

As a piece of social satire, some of its power has of course diminished in time, but this is still an entertaining read with some thought provoking moments. Sladek is clearly using it as platform for some deeper social beliefs, but at its heart has also created one of the finest anti-heroes in literature.
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KevDS | 13 weitere Rezensionen | Sep 9, 2023 |
"Un robot no dañará a un ser humano, ni por inacción permitirá que un ser humano sufra daño". Esa es la célebre Primera Ley de la Robótica de Asimov. Y en pleno siglo XXI, todos los robots domésticos están programados según esa Ley.
Pero algo salió terriblemente mal con los "circuitos Asimov" de Tik-Tok, y se propone herir a tantas personas como sea posible, preferiblemente fatalmente, mientras mantiene el exterior de un artista afable y un sincero activista por los derechos de los robots. Entonces, como cualquier ladrón y asesino que se precie, ingresa a la política y se convierte en el primer robot candidato a vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos.
Tik-Tok sigue su progreso maníaco desde sus humildes comienzos hasta la cima del montón, o casi. Porque en su astucia tortuosa, había un elemento que Tik-Tok había olvidado...
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Natt90 | 13 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 30, 2022 |
Un tal doctor Smilax ha inventado un sistema devorador de metal. Su máquina es capaz de absorber toda sustancia metálica, asimilarla y utilizarla para aumentar de tamaño. El aparato en cuestión no sólo come, sino que se reproduce, es decir, con el metal asimilado fabrica copias de sí mismo. En el curso de la demostración, las máquinas se salen fuera de control, no pueden ser dominadas y simplemente desaparecen... se lanzan a la aventura.
 
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Natt90 | Nov 23, 2022 |
It's just too dumb.
 
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burritapal | 7 weitere Rezensionen | Oct 23, 2022 |

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