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"It's hard to tell stories about critters that are not human. John W. Campbell tried it, in "Twilight," and everybody says it's a wonderful story, and nobody ever reads it twice."
- Jerry Pournelle
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| Desk Secretary | ||
| A desk with a computerized secretary built into it. |
| I opened the door of my office. On the door, neat Anglic script said:
Assistant OUT That last word modified itself to read IN as the secretary built into my desk recognized me. I sat down and asked what I had on hand from yesterday. My own voice came back to me from the tapes... |
| Technovelgy from The Long Result,
by John Brunner. Published by Ballantine Books in 1963 Additional resources -
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Compare to the autobutle from The Godmakers (1972) by Frank Herbert.
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