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"I identify with the weak person; this is one reason why my fictional protagonists are essentially antiheroes."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Mech | ||
| An alternative name for simplified robot. |
Probably the first use of this word, short for "mechanical man", a simple robot.
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"...[the robot] has sense enough, but she has no emotions, no consciousness of self." "All right, that's the big trouble with the mechs now. But we'll get around it, put in some mechanical emotions, or something..." |
| Technovelgy from Helen O'Loy,
by Lester del Rey. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1938 Additional resources -
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Compare to the Meks from The Last Castle (1967) by Jack Vance.
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