Text Sources:
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Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. New York: Pocket Books, 1979.

The AGE. “When Fantasy is just too close for comfort”. Theage.com.au. June 10, 2007. Accessed: December 2007 http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/when-fantasy-is-just-too-close-for-comfort/2007/06/09/1181089394400.html?page=fullpage.

Arnzen, Michael. “The Return of the Uncanny”. Para-doxa. 1997. Accessed: December 2007
http://paradoxa.com/excerpts/3-3intro.htm.

Bryant, Dave. “The Uncanny Valley”. Glimpses: Written Nonfiction. Unlisted Date of Publication. Accessed: December 2007 http://www.arclight.net/~pdb/nonfiction/uncanny-valley.html.

Brook, Marisa. “A Walk in the Valley of the Uncanny.” Damn Interesting. May 24, 2007. Accessed: December 2007 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=853.

Freud, S. “The Uncanny, Part II”. Eastern Michigan University. Unlisted Date of Publication. Accessed: December 2007 http://people.emich.edu/acoykenda/uncanny2.htm.

Herbert, Frank. Dune Messiah. New York: Berkley Books, 1969.

James, Wagner. “Uncanny Valley Expo Winners”. New World Notes: First Hand Reports from the User-created Online World of Second Life. November 27, 2007. Accessed: December 2007 http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/uncanny_valley_expo/index.html.

Jenkins, Ward. “The Polar Express: A Virtual Train Wreck.” The Ward-O-Matic. December 4, 2004. Accessed: December 2007 http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2004/12/polar-express-virtual-train-wreck.html, http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2004/12/polar-express-virtual-train-wreck_18.html.

Thompson, Clive. “The Undead Zone: Why Realistic Graphics Make Humans Look Creepy”. Slate Magazine. June 9, 2004.
Accessed: December 2007 http://www.slate.com/id/2102086.

Wikipedia.org. “The Uncanny”, “Uncanny Valley”, “Avatar”. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 2007. Accessed: December 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Unheimliche, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_Valley, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar.

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Robots and Near Humans, Filmography:
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A.I Robots: David (Haley Joel Osment), and Gigolo Joe (Jude Law)
Artificial Intelligence: A.I.. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2001.

Andrew Martin: Original Design, and Final Form (Robin Williams)
Bicentennial Man. Dir. Chris Columbus. 1492 Pictures, 1999.

Second Life Avatar
James, Wagner. “Uncanny Valley Expo Winners”. New World Notes: First Hand Reports from the User-created Online World of Second Life. November 27, 2007. Accessed: December 2007 http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2006/08/the_uncanny_val.html.

Automated Vacuum
iRobot. “Home Robots.” iRobot Corporation: Robots. 2007. Accessed: December 2007 .

Beta Unit (Lance Guest)
The Last Starfighter. Dir. Nick Castle. Lorimar Film Entertainment, 1984.

Bumble Bee (Mark Ryan, voice)
Transformers. Dir. Michael Bay. Dreamworks SKG, 2007.

Duncan Idaho (James Watson)
Herbert, Frank. Dune Messiah. New York: Berkley Books, 1969.
Dune. Dir. John Harrison. Evision, 2000.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Dr. Aoki (Ming-Na, voice)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Dir. Hironobu Sakaguchi. Chris Lee Productions, 2001.

Geminoid HI-1
Brook, Marisa. “A Walk in the Valley of the Uncanny.” Damn Interesting. May 24, 2007. Accessed: December 2007 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=853.

Golem (Paul Wegener)
The Golem. Dir. Carl Boese, Paul Wegener. Projektions-AG Union, 1920.

The Incredibles
The Incredibles. Dir. Brad Bird. Walt Disney Pictures, 2004.

LeeLoo (Milla Jovovich)
The Fifth Element. Dir. Luc Besson. Gaumont, 1997.

Lieutenant Commander Data (Brent Spiner)
Star Trek: The Next Generation. Creator: Gene Roddenberry. Paramount Television, 1987.

Marvin (Warwick Davis, and Alan Rickman, Voice)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Dir. Garth Jennings. Touchstone Pictures, 2005
Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. New York: Pocket Books, 1979.

Metropolis 1927 Robots: Hel, the Robot Maria (Brigitte Helm)
Metropolis. Dir. Fritz Lang. Universum Film (UFA), 1927.

Metropolis 2002 Robots: Fifi, 803-D-RP-DM, Tima (Yuka Imoto, Voice)
Metropolis. Dir. Rintaro. Bandai Visual Company, 2002.

NS4 (David Haysom) , NS5 (Alan Tudyk, Scott Heindl)
I, Robot. Dir. Alex Proyas. Canlaws Productions, 2004.

The Polar Express
The Polar Express. Dir. Robert Zemeckis. Castle Rock Entertainment, 2004.

R.A.L.F, Robotic Assistant Labor Facilitator:
Flight of the Navigator. Dir. Randal Kleiser. New Star, 1986.

Renaissance Animation
Renaissance. Dir. Christian Volckman. Onyx Films, 2006.

Replicants: Pris (Daryl Hannah), Rachael (Sean Young)
Blade Runner. Dir. Ridley Scott. Blade Runner Partnership, 1982.

Star Wars Robots: R2D2 (Kenny Baker), C3P0 (Anthony Daniels)
Star Wars. Dir. George Lucas. Lucasfilm, 1977.

A Scanner Darkly Animation
A Scanner Darkly. Dir. Richard Linklater. Warner Independent Pictures (WIP), 2006.

Somnambulist, Cesare (Conrad Veidt)
The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari. Dir. Robert Wiene. Decla-Bioscope AG, 1920.

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