"Remarkable fun.
Extremely popular and much imitated in its day, T.
In fact, the tale features the very first literary instance of a mechanical man, published long before the term "robot" was coined.
I recommend it to steampunk fans and to those interested in sci-fi literature history." -- Reviews by Martha\'s Books One of the earliest examples of steampunk literature, this 1868 story was actually written during the Victorian era and was among the first American science-fiction novels. "Remarkable fun