http://bactra.org/notebooks Cosma's Notebooks en http://bactra.org/notebooks/1994/10/03#human-simulacra Classical legends (Homer?). Medieval legends (and legends of hero's heads, e.g. Oedipus, Bran). Evidence for the claim that they are a "western obsession." <a href="automta.html">Automta</a> in general. <ul>To read: <li>John Cohen, <cite>Human Robots in Myth and Science</cite> <li>Jessica Wolfe, <cite>Humanism, Machinery, and Renaissancew Literature</cite> [<a href="http://wwww.cambridge.org/0521831873">Blurb</a>] </ul>