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 standards to compete. The 1980s also saw a number of cartoons based on children's toys, such as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "", "The Transformers", "My Little Pony 'n Friends", "He-Man", "", "Jem and the Holograms" and "Care Bears". There were even cartoons based on "Pac-Man" video games and "the Rubik's Cube". Some of them even inspired feature films. While many of them were successful with children, shows like these were accused of being glorified toy commercials by parents' groups such as Action for Children's Television. These groups also objected to the level of violence in many of these shows. ACT's