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"[Science fiction] is the one literary medium left in which we have a free hand. We can do any damn thing we please."
- Alfred Bester
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| Robot Brother | ||
| A roboticist brings home a robot brother for his natural son. |
| Despite our problems, my joy is great as I watch the human and mechanical beings outside my window, laughing and romping together as if the differences between them had no existence.
In one respect, my experiment is already successful. In the eyes of Fitz, my human boy, and Mac, my inhuman invention, they are truly brothers. Fitz, at the age of five, is a sturdy, red-cheeked red-cheeked boy with dark eyes and a smile that easily becomes a laugh. There is a great deal of warmth in him; he is open and frank with people; and with his metallic brother.
 ('Brother Robot' by Henry Slesar) As for Mac, of course, he is the same as ever; the same polished silvery body, encased in the simple tunic I have made to cover his metallic nakedness. They are almost the same height, but Fitz is a bit taller, and growing each day. Before long, it will be time to reconstruct my robot child’s body again. |
| Technovelgy from Brother Robot,
by Henry Slesar. Published by Amazing Science Fiction Stories in 1958 Additional resources -
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Compare to the baby robot from Life Everlasting (1934) by David Keller; this article contains more quotes from Slesar's story.
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