One day the tough, dangerous, dirty jobs will be done by robots: - superhumanly strong and invulnerable soldiers, with a built-in killer instinct - miners and sandhogs who can work on distant planets too deadly for man - incorruptible judges, fearing neither political pressure nor criminal vengeance - librarians with total knowledge instantly available...
Harry Harrison has painted a chilling yet piercingly prophetic picture of the Robot Age: a time when man's 'slave' machines have learned their own strength - and the weaknesses of their masters!
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It's a man's world - but a robot's future...
One day the tough, dangerous, dirty jobs will be done by robots:
- superhumanly strong and invulnerable soldiers, with a built-in killer instinct
- miners and sandhogs who can work on distant planets too deadly for man
- incorruptible judges, fearing neither political pressure nor criminal vengeance
- librarians with total knowledge instantly available...
Harry Harrison has painted a chilling yet piercingly prophetic picture of the Robot Age: a time when man's 'slave' machines have learned their own strength - and the weaknesses of their masters!