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"I'm very taken by mythology. I read it at a very early age and kept on reading it. Before I discovered science fiction I was reading mythology."
- Roger Zelazny
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| Beer Robot | ||
| A robot prepared and filled with draft beer. |
| Knight retreated to the living room and found himself a chair that was not undergoing immediate attention from a robot.
“Beer,” he said, wondering what would happen. A robot scampered out of the kitchen — a barrel-bellied robot with a spigot at the bottom of the barrel and a row of shiny copper mugs on his chest.
 (Beer robot from 'How-2' (1954) by by Clifford Simak) He drew a beer for Knight. It was cold and it tasted good. Knight sat and drank the beer and, through the window, he saw that Albert’s defense force had taken up strategic positions again. |
| Technovelgy from How-2,
by Clifford Simak. Published by Galaxy in 1954 Additional resources -
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Compare to the usuform robot bartender from Q.U.R. (1943) by Anthony Boucher and the robot bartender from The Stars My Destination (1956) by Alfred Bester.
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