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"I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander."
- Isaac Asimov
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| Roboticist | ||
| A person who works on robots. |
As far as I know, the first use of this word in science fiction. and perhaps anywhere.
| Slowly, the roboticist's finger touched a knob and the wall illuminators glowed to gentle life. |
| Technovelgy from Evidence,
by Isaac Asimov. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1946 Additional resources -
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'...it was all composed of tiny, identical cubes, carefully laid to form a tilelike surface.'
'He carried on his person a triggering mechanism sensitive to his heartbeat.'
'...Anything was possible in my imaginary environment.'
'Somewhere in space, a chrome and blue automobile raced the green light of Earth.'
'That explains how it was so easy for me to remain motionless in midair...'
'We had discovered that metal was relatively impervious to the telepathic effect.'
'Detailed plans for the construction of the Gundstetter-Halone warp drive were flowing.'
