Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports (Original)

In the early nineties, a visionary special-effects guru named Marc Thorpe conjured a field of dreams different from any the world had seen before: It would be framed by unbreakable plastic instead of cornstalks; populated not by ghostly ballplayers but by remote-controlled robots, armed to the steely teeth, fighting in a booby-trapped ring. If you built it, they'd come all right....
In Gearheads, Newsweek technology correspondent Brad Stone examines the history of robotic sports, from their cultish early years at universities and sci-fi conventions to today's televised extravaganzas -- and the turmoil that threatened the whole enterprise almost from the beginning.
By turns a lively historical narrative, a legal thriller, and an exploration of a cultural and technological phenomenon, Gearheads is a funny and fascinating look at the sport of the future today.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 03/10/2003
ISBN: 9780743229517
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.52w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2003 pg. 133
Publishers Weekly 02/10/2003 pg. 173
Booklist 02/15/2003 pg. 1032
Entertainment Weekly 04/04/2003 pg. 108