Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology by Adrienne Mayor

(I know there could be some mistakes in this review. I’m trying to improve my English, thanks) Briefly, Adrienne Mayor's book intends to make a comparison between the ancient myths -mostly greek and roman- and our modern science fiction dreams. As I said, the book is just a comparison, it does not explain a cause effect or an influence between classical myths and contemporary science fiction stories. It is clear that the author is an expert in classical stories but not an expert in the science fiction genre. However she is well informed and the comparisons are clever; and, above all, the myths and classic legends about made, not born creatures, or about automata, enhanced powers, etc., especially in the Greco-Roman antiquity, are so fascinating that by themselves they captivate us as much or more than any good science fiction novel. A brief example of the content. There is a chapter that deals with the myths about human improved powers, by pharmaka or biotechne (or also by life through craft, for example, Daedalus), or the one that deals with mechanical automatons like Talos, the giant warrior protector of Crete in the Minoic era.  Talos, from Jason and the Argonauts movie (1963). Can I recommend this book for the science fiction readers? Really I do not know, particularly when she cites the sources of each case the book becomes repetitive (after all, it is an academic book), but on the other hand the subject matter of the ancient fantastic myths is very interesting. So, you must decide for yourselves.