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
Animation in the United States in the television era UPA was shut down in 1964. The Jay Ward studio, producer of "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show," used limited animation in its series, but compensated with its satire of Cold War politics and popular culture and its off-beat humor. Like the earlier "Crusader Rabbit", the Rocky and Bullwinkle adventures were multi-part serials. The Ward studio also produced "George of the Jungle", "Super Chicken", and "Tom Slick". It later produced a series of popular television commercials for Quaker Oats cereals Cap'n Crunch, Quisp and Quake. Another company that used the same animation studios as Jay Ward did was Total Television, most