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"I think we're still on that topic, still trying to figure out what computers are, how they change us, why we use them."
- Neal Stephenson
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| Autonomous mechanical military. |
| The Martian warship lay there beyond the solenoid, a spiteful hundred-foot swordfish of steel, with blind gunvalves, row on row, along its sleek sides and turret-blisters. It had not yet been tugged onto the turntable ; it could not be leaving again very soon, though Earth weight was undoubtedly incommoding its crew. About it a few figures stood that were stiffly erect and immobile, as tall as tall men. From head to toe they were scarlet.
“Robots I” gasped Ryd, clutching his companion’s arm convulsively. “Martian soldier robots!” “They’re unarmed, harmless. They aren’t your police with built-in weapons. Only the humans are dangerous. But we’ve got to move. For God’s sake, take it easy.” The officer turned casually, spoke to the two blue-chromiumed robots, who faced about smartly ; then, snapping his fingers, their master wheeled once more... |
| Technovelgy from Saboteur of Space,
by Robert Abernathy. Published by Planet Stories in 1944 Additional resources -
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