Flying Cars and Food Pills

The Visionaries, Madmen, and Tinkerers Who Created the Future That Never Was

Over to Robots in American Popular Culture

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  • INTRO

    • THE PRESENT IS BIG WITH THE FUTURE
    • THE CELESTIAL RAIL-ROAD
    • WOMAN IN THE YEAR 2000
    • ELECTRIC GIRLS
    • PUNCH'S THE COMING CENTURY
    • YESTERDAY AT THE EXPOSITION
    • INVENTIONS THAT OUGHT TO BE INVENTED
    • THIS AGE OF POWER AND WONDER
    • MEN WHO PLAN BEYOND TOMORROW
    • SUPER-TRANSPORT ON SUPER-HIGHWAYS
    • MOVING AHEAD
    • MARVELS OF SCIENCE
    • FUTURE WORLD COMICS
    • I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM MAKE...
    • SPACE AGE BEAUTY QUEENS
    • PREDICTIONS - THE FIRST LOOK BACK
    • NEW DEPARTURES OF TOMORROW
    • QUAKER STATE'S YEARS-AHEAD CAMPAIGN
    • ELECTRICITY MAY BE THE DRIVER
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  • BLACK GATE

    • THE FIRST THREE LAW OF ROBOTICS
    • THE ROMANCE OF ROBOT
    • RUBE GOLDBERG'S RADIO ROBOT
    • LITTLE MISS MARTIAN
    • CARL BURGOS AND AIR-SUB "DX"
    • LONDON WINS GREAT GAME
    • ROBOT LILLIPUT N.P. 5357
    • THE MIGHTY ELECTRIC MEN
    • THE SILVER EGGHEADS
    • THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF DR. GOLDFOOT
    • AXEL AND CAM ON THE PLANET MECO
    • THE ROBOTS OF MAHLON BLAINE
    • THE SECRET ORIGIN OF ULTRON
    • THE AMAZING MAGIC ROBOT
    • KING SCOWLEYOW AND HIS CAST-IRON MAN
    • SERVOTRON ABOLISHES THE THREE LAWS
    • TWO, COUNT 'EM, TWO NAZI ROBOT T-REXES
    • WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF THE ELECTRIC MAN
    • IF - INTELLIGENT ROBOTS ARE ACHIEVED
    • THE BELOVED BATTLING ROBOT DINOSAURS
    • VERNE - THE FIRST FEDERALLY FUNDED ROBOT
    • SHIRLEY MANSON - KILLER ANDROID
    • A ROBOT TO KEEP ENGLISH FROM DYING
    • WE BUY US A ROBOT
    • A ROBOT HAS NO SOUL
    • SELENO, THE ELECTRIC DOG
    • GYRO, BAZARK, RUFFNIK, AND OOM-A-GOG
    • SPACE CONQUERORS!
    • GISMO THE GREAT
    • CANCO CHARLIE
    • ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR METAL MEN
    • A SMATTERING OF SEXBOTS
    • ARTZYBASHEFF'S ROBOTS
    • TODAY WITH MR. RIVETS
    • BOOK OF SPACE ADVENTURES
    • MECHANICAL MAN, INC.
    • THE MONSTER AND THE APE
    • TILLIE THE TOILER AND ROSIE THE ROBOT
    • TELLING A CLOCK WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT
    • THE ROBONIC STOOGES
    • THE IRON TEACHER
    • TELELUX AND RASTUS
    • MAN OF STEEL VS. MAN OF METAL
    • A WHOLE WORLD OF METAL MEN?
    • THE MANY LIVES OF OTTO MATTIX
    • JULY 20, 2019 - AS SEEN FROM 1986
    • AROK THE ROBOT
    • HANDS: YES MAN, HANDYMAN, HARDIMAN
    • FEET: PEDIPULATOR, WALKING TRUCK
    • SUPERWORLD COMICS
    • THAT BUCK ROGERS STUFF
    • GYRO GEARLOOSE'S LITTLE HELPER
    • ROBOTS! IN! SPACE!
    • A NEW FIRST ROBOT COMIC STRIP
    • THE DIAMOND SERVICE BRIGADE
    • SILAS P. CORNU'S DRY CALCULATOR
    • BEFORE ROOMBA

  • EBOOKS

    • FLYING CARS: THE MIRACLE OF FLIGHT
    • WHAT WAS IT? THE MYSTERY AIRSHIP OF 1896
    • MAX VALIER: ROCKET MAN

  • FLYING CARS

    • THE FIRST FLYING CAR
    • HYPERLOOPY
    • GUSTAVE'S WHITEHEAD'S "FLYING" CAR
    • DAWN OF THE FLYING CAR
    • GLENN CURTISS - A FIRST FLYING CAR
    • RENÉ TAMPIER - ANOTHER FIRST FLYING CAR
    • SMILIN' JACK'S AUTOPLANE
    • WALDO WATERMAN - A LAST FIRST FLYING CAR
    • TELEPORTATION
    • THE FIRST JETPACK?
    • LUIGI PELLARINI'S AERAUTO
    • STANLEY HILLER - THE REAL TOM SWIFT
    • THE HOUSE OF MANY WORLDS
    • THE LOOK OF THE FUTURE - FLYING CARS
    • CHUCK BERRY'S FLYING CAR

  • FOOD PILLS

    • A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE
    • A LETTER FROM THE INVISIBLE POLICE
    • MENU OF CHEMICAL FOODS
    • BAUM'S MAGIC PILLS
    • THE NEW FOOD
    • A TRIP TO PLUTOPIA
    • THAT SYNTHETIC FOOD OF THE FUTURE
    • OUR BOARDING HOUSE
    • FOOD PILLS IN COMIC STRIPS
    • SUITCASE AIRPLANES
    • FOOD FOR STARVING PATRIOTS
    • DAN DARE AND THE FOOD CAPSULES
    • GYRO GEARLOOSE'S FOOD PILL

  • RAYS

    • DEATH RAYS AT THE MOVIES
    • X-RAYS AND THE YELLOW KID
    • RÖNTGEN’S CURSE
    • THE X-RAY FIEND
    • ARCHIMEDES' DEATH RAY
    • THE INVISIBLE RAY
    • THE INTRIGUE AND THE FIRST RAY-GUN
    • 1920'S STYLE DEATH RAYS
    • CHANDU THE MAGICIAN
    • GOING... GOING... GONE
    • RAY GUNS IN EARLY COMIC BOOKS
    • SUPERMAN VS. DEATH RAYS
    • SHERIFF OF BULLET VALLEY
    • X-RAYS - EXPOSING THE UNKNOWN!
    • HOW THE ZAP GUN GOT ITS NAME
    • ANDY WILSON AND HIS RADIOACTIVE DOG

  • ROBOTS

    • MOSCO'S AUTOMATON
    • THE CLERICOMOTOR
    • ELY'S AUTOMATIC HOUSEMAID
    • MR. CORNDROPPER'S HIRED MAN
    • AUTOMATIC MINSTRELS
    • PERCY: COMICS' FIRST ROBOT
    • THE WALKING MECHANICAL MEN
    • HOUDINI AND FILM'S FIRST ROBOT
    • THE TRIADIC BALLET
    • THE LOOK OF THE FUTURE - ROBOTS
    • PULP ROBOT COVERS 1920s - 1930s
    • PULP ROBOT COVERS 1940s - 1950s
    • EDISON BELL, YOUNG INVENTOR
    • MICKEY MOUSE'S WORLD OF TOMORROW
    • ROBOTS ON STAMPS
    • HOLMES AND WALSTON

  • ROCKETS

    • TO CALIFORNIA - BY ROCKET!
    • ROCKET TO VENUS
    • THE NEW ROCKET MOTOR CAR
    • THE ROCKET POST
    • GERHARD ZUCKER: ROCKET MAIL PIONEER
    • ZUCKER COLLECTION
    • ROCKET CARS AT THE WORLD'S FAIRS
    • PAN-AM'S ROCKET CAR
    • ROCKET MAIL TO MEXICO
    • INTERPLANETARY TOUR
    • THE COMPLETE BOOK OF OUTER SPACE
    • SPACE KIT - IT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD!
    • INTERPLANETARY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    • SPACE SHIP

  • SF

    • SILENT F&SF MOVIES ON YOUTUBE 1895-1929
    • SILENT F&SF MOVIES ON YOUTUBE 1895-1906
    • SILENT F&SF MOVIES ON YOUTUBE 1907-1913
    • SILENT F&SF MOVIES ON YOUTUBE 1914-1919
    • SILENT F&SF MOVIES ON YOUTUBE 1920-1929
    • THE MERRY FROLICS OF SATAN
    • A JOURNEY TO THE YEAR 2025
    • THE ABDUCTION OF ALEXANDRA SEINE
    • LOVE IN THE FUTURE
    • BRIDES OF THE ID MONSTER
    • THE FUTURE PAYS WELL
    • JAY JACKSON: FIRST BLACK SF PULP ARTIST
    • ELTON FAX, BLACK F&SF PULP ARTIST
    • BEYOND "DEADLINE"
    • THE LAST SECRET
    • JAY JACKSON'S BUNGLETON GREEN: THE FIRST
    • FANTASY IS HERE TO STAY
    • GNOME PRESS
    • EARLY F&SF BOOK CLUBS
    • A TRIBUTE TO F&SF
    • THE LOOK OF THE FUTURE - FUTURE SF
    • THE LOOK OF THE FUTURE - GALAXY NOVELS
    • OUTPOST MARS
    • JETTA: 21ST CENTURY TEEN
    • THE PUNCH UFOs
    • LEO DILLON'S SOLO SF ART
    • THE FIRST GROUNDHOG DAY WAS CHRISTMAS

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    INTRODUCTION
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    BRAND-NEW PAGE
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    GUSTAVE WHITEHEAD'S "FLYING" CAR
    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    FLYING CARS
    FLYING CARS
    FOOD PILLS
    FOOD PILLS
    RAYS AND RAY GUNS
    RAYS AND RAY GUNS
    ROBOTS
    ROBOTS
    ROCKETS AND SPACE
    ROCKETS AND SPACE
    SCIENCE FICTION
    SCIENCE FICTION
    EBOOKS
    EBOOKS
    BLACK GATE COLUMNS
    BLACK GATE COLUMNS
    MY ROBOT BOOK &
    COMPANION WEBSITE
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    FEATURED PAGE
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    JAY JACKSON'S BUNGLETON GREEN:
    THE FIRST BLACK SUPERHERO

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