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"The bottom line in the Dune trilogy is: beware of heroes. Much better to rely on your own judgment, and your own mistakes."
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![]() Very nice novelette describes the exploration of Titan in a thoroughly modern way; astronauts do pure science while carrying on good public relations via the web.
MIT made robofish - in their case, a robotuna - as early as 1994.
This story is a lot of fun - you can read it on the web. Don't miss Slow Life by Michael Swanwick.
Compare to these other underwater robots, Wabbler From The Wabbler (1942) by Murray Leinster and the robotic Eel from Re:Set by Susan Beetlestone. See also the robot fish from Atom Drive (1956) by Charles Fortenay. Comment/Join this discussion ( 5 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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