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"People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research. I just enjoy reading the stuff, and some of it sticks in my mind and fits into the stories."
- Frederik Pohl
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| WatchdØg (Watchdog) | ||
What happens when mankind is ready to leave the cradle and seek other worlds? Who can you leave behind?
| ...the earth shook and the sky split as the giant rockets lifted the soul and body of man to Pluto and the distant stars. Only he stayed behind. Basically he was six hundred square miles of squat building, with control over a world-wide network of smaller stations and probes. A babysitter. |
| From WatchdØg,
by Jack C. Haldeman. Published by Ultimate Publishers in 1972 Additional resources -
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