The Soul of the Robot in John Sladek's "Roderick". Brian Stableford's review compared Bayley's absurd stylings with that of Alfred Jarry, concluding that the book was "thoroughly likeable." Alastair Reynolds remembered the "massive enjoyment" he had reading the book and mentioned that Jasperodus had formed part of the inspiration for the character of Hesperus in "House of Suns". The Soul of the Robot The Soul of the Robot is the sixth science fiction novel by Barrington J. Bayley, featuring the character Jasperodus from his 1956 story "Fugitive". The book tells of Jasperodus, the only robot with a soul, as he attempts to prove that he
X-COM: Terror from the Deep re-released as part of the compilations "X-COM Collector's Edition" by MicroProse in 1998, "X-COM Collection" by Hasbro Interactive in 1999, "X-COM: Complete Pack" by 2K Games in 2008 and "2K Huge Games Pack" in 2009. The fan-created "OpenXCom" project, originally an improved, modernized remake of the first game, also added "TFTD" support which fixed a number of bugs and programming oversights in the original game, including better enemy AI. Together with its predecessor, "", "Terror from the Deep"s sales had passed 1 million copies by March 1997. The game was received mostly very well by critics. "PC Gamer UK" called