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Android[edit]

I'm wondering about the accuracy of the statement "He coined the term "Android" (Andréide in French) in L'Ève future." ... I just found an 1883 US patent for "Androides or Automation Shoe Factory" where the "Androides" are mechanical factory workers with human appearance. This predates Villiers' 1886 novel L'Ève future. See [1] Cbaer 17:06, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The statement in the article sounds bogus, very bogus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.110.117.3 (talk) 02:25, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Coining such a term is hardly a great achievement. There are other facets of his life and work that should be more interesting.173.72.63.150 (talk) 02:26, 10 November 2013 (UTC)LarryTalbot[reply]

Famous quoted line[edit]

When I first heard about the "most famous line" from his masterpiece Axel, years ago, it wasn't as a verbatim quote but merely paraphrased, so I thought the implication would be that procreating and making love was something "the servants" could be entrusted with. Of course, even if it were just that, it would lead to the rapid extinction of the noble classes that Villiers and his readers identified with. ;> 83.254.154.164 (talk) 03:02, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

He probably welcomed such extinction because he had contempt and distaste for material life.173.72.115.153 (talk) 21:17, 3 August 2018 (UTC)De Mikeal Tibbetts[reply]

Execution[edit]

In the “Life” section, it is stated that he thought of "...reciting his poetry to a paying public in a cage full of tigers, but he executed the idea.” Does this mean that he carried out the idea, in other words, he performed the recitation?173.72.115.153 (talk) 02:03, 3 August 2018 (UTC)De Mikeal Tibbetts[reply]