Global InformationThe Tachypomp information
"The Tachypomp" is a short story by Edward Page Mitchell originally published January 1874 anonymously in The Sun, a New York City daily newspaper. It was Mitchell's first science-fiction story.[1] Mitchell was known for his editorial work on The Sun,[2] but because his science-fiction stories were published anonymously, his well-regarded work was mostly forgotten until its rediscovery in the early 1970s.[3]
"The Tachypomp" is an early use of mathematics as the principal premise of a science-fiction story,[4] and it was one of the first to use the word "android", here used to describe a purely mechanical creature.[5]
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- ^ Silverberg, Robert (2000). The Androids Are Coming: Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, and More. Wildside Press. p. 10. ISBN 9781587152405.