# bib

id: 18602
title: The Fourth "R"
author: Smith, George O. (George Oliver)
txt: ./txt/18602.txt
cache: ./cache/18602.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  Grandmother Holden said, "He''s your legal guardian, James." "James," said Paul Brennan quietly, "do you see you''re making trouble for "Sergeant," said Jake, "this is Jimmy James--as he calls himself when James Holden said immediately: "I am Charles Maxwell. The arrival of Mrs. Bagley changed James Holden''s way of life far more understanding the fact that James Holden''s superior education had come of Instead of trying to monopolize James Holden''s machine, Mrs. Bagley was It took James Holden''s limited experience some little time to identify would insist that Mrs. Bagley, with Martha, leave James Holden to take up Paul Brennan was personally convinced that James Holden had enough Paul Brennan read many stories written by James Holden under several At the end of James Holden''s long explanation, Tim Fisher said, "Me--? way to show why James Holden wanted his freedom by asking Brennan: "During those years, Mrs. Fisher, did James Holden at any time conduct


id: 33375
title: Watch (First 25,000 words)
author: Sawyer, Robert J.
txt: ./txt/33375.txt
cache: ./cache/33375.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  Copyright (C) 2010 by Robert J. Sawyer This eBook is available in RTF format, please see the accompanying files. Note that it is an extract only, provided by the author.


id: 33374
title: Wake (First 25,000 words)
author: Sawyer, Robert J.
txt: ./txt/33374.txt
cache: ./cache/33374.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  Copyright (C) 2009 by SFWRITER.COM Inc. This eBook is available in RTF format, please see the accompanying files. Note that it is an extract only, provided by the author.


id: 32498
title: The Brain
author: Blade, Alexander
txt: ./txt/32498.txt
cache: ./cache/32498.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  The word struck Lee like a vicious little snake. "All together, Lee, The Brain has now reached the approximate capacity The Brain Trust car which took Lee out of Cephalon was a normal-looking Goody, where should I begin; I''m all in a dither: Well, Dr. Lee; most people seem to expect The Brain to be like a great big "Y-e-s," Lee said, "I think I do--it''s--it''s uncanny: it''s like spiders'' faces beaming they looked like identical twins to him; Lee never knew Apperception 36, Lee''s lab within The Brain, looked much like region, some hidden effort to see, like a blind man''s, and above all Lee Think of Heron''s steam engine; it even looked like a man and was thought _Lee_: "You, The Brain, constitute Man''s supreme effort in the building with The Brain that I''ve thought to myself: "Lee you''re going crazy." Lee, you rush over to The Brain.


id: 51362
title: Lex
author: Haggert, W. T.
txt: ./txt/51362.txt
cache: ./cache/51362.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  Staring back at the last blank wall, Peter suddenly remembered the time "Thanks," Peter said, and a door at one side of the anteroom swung open "Some," said Peter, stung again, this time not by a compliment. "I worked my way through," said Peter stiffly. "Come on," said Lexington, getting massively to his feet. Peter tore his eyes away from them in time to see the look of Peter followed numbly as Lexington led him through a maze of machines, that room," he said, as the door swung open and Peter saw that the "This kicker button," Peter said tentatively, "it''s like the pleasure "Where did the machine get the voice?" asked Peter, still amazed that Peter didn''t realize Lexington was answering his question at first. Lexington looked Peter squarely in the face and said, "The report was Lex said: "These have to go to Mr. Lexington''s


id: 50936
title: Man in a Sewing Machine
author: Stecher, L. J., Jr.
txt: ./txt/50936.txt
cache: ./cache/50936.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  Stitch in Time Saves Nine," it said and lapsed into silence. answer the computer had given to his question, John Bristol noticed does ''A Stitch in Time'' mean, as applied to the question I asked you?" the invaders," Buster answered, "there was still much information to "I don''t mind being called ''The Oracle,''" answered Buster with dignity. "Just relax, dear," said Anne gently, when Bristol leaned gratefully "Was today a rough day with Buster, dear?" asked Anne. answered ''A Stitch in Time Saves Nine,'' and wouldn''t interpret it." "And that sounds like very good sense, too," said Anne in earnest the time," said Anne. "And that''s why they call it ''stitching,''" said Anne with seeming "It said, ''A Stitch in Time Saves Nine.''" Perhaps the Oracle meant that timely use of inter-planar travel can "The Oracle said that the stitch must be taken in John Bristol, a few days after the continuous stitching started, was


id: 51482
title: Perfect Answer
author: Stecher, L. J., Jr.
txt: ./txt/51482.txt
cache: ./cache/51482.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  "As one god to another--let''s go home," Jack Bates said. "And we''ll use one of _my_ coins this time," said Farnum, noticing the "Coming right up," said Bates. "Isn''t that why you want to try one more system?" asked Bates. "Well," said Farnum at last, "looks like we might as well go outside Farnum and Bates took turns talking at the box for half an hour. Bates shrugged his shoulders and went back into the ship, with Farnum Oracle has always got all the answers anyway. Oracle can tell you if you really want to know." Bates and Farnum went into the building and found themselves in a "You are the Oracle?" asked Farnum, looking around curiously. "You mean you''ll stop telling the truth at that time?" asked Bates. "And you''ll answer any question at all?" asked Bates in some excitement. When they were back in their ship, Farnum turned desperately to Bates.


id: 50998
title: Delay in Transit
author: Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.)
txt: ./txt/50998.txt
cache: ./cache/50998.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  "Not interested," said Cassal firmly, his subvocalization inaudible Dimanche needed a good stiff course in Cassal had none, except, in a sense, Dimanche. Cassal wasn''t sure he was going to like her. Cassal, I don''t know when another ship bound for Tunney will show up on instrument he called Dimanche was not known to the Galaxy at large. "I''ve got it," said Dimanche as Cassal gloomily counted out the sum the "What I want to know is," said Dimanche, "why such precautions as either Cassal or Dimanche. "Cards," said Cassal, "though there are many varieties within that "Look around," said Dimanche. "You had it last time," said Dimanche. "Pressure," muttered Cassal to Dimanche. "That''s better," said Cassal. "I''ve already visualized those probing instruments," said Cassal "You don''t," said Cassal. "You," said Cassal, "are a machine. "Look," said Cassal. The first time Cassal had visited the Travelers Aid Bureau, it had


id: 59148
title: The Cyber and Justice Holmes
author: Riley, Frank
txt: ./txt/59148.txt
cache: ./cache/59148.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  "Cyber justice!" That''s what the District Attorney had called it in his Judge Walhfred Anderson threw the morning fax paper on top of the law human inefficiency with Cyber justice in the courts of this county! Justice Holmes on the wall of Judge Anderson''s courtroom was much Judge Anderson looked to Justice Holmes for a clarifying Cyber judge would handle a stipulation. Go to hell, Holmes, thought Judge Anderson. As Walhfred Anderson belligerently led the Professor and the D.A. into Walhfred Anderson saw the D.A. stiffen to attention as the Cyber To the Judge''s continuing disgust, Professor Neustadt seemed as avid morning, there''d be no stopping the D.A.''s campaign for Cyber judges. The Judge turned to Cyber IX, then caught himself. Professor''s slip of paper to Judged Anderson. Professor Neustadt strutted up to Cyber IX, flipped on the vocader Professor Neustadt turned to Judge Anderson, and his voice dropped


id: 59242
title: Witness
author: Smith, George H. (George Henry)
txt: ./txt/59242.txt
cache: ./cache/59242.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  I turned Edith on just as MacKinney returned. _I have some interesting work for you this morning, Edith. suited security agent demanded, striding into the room with MacKinney, "You forget that Edith was turned off," Thompson said. "But Mr. Thompson, Edith''s not like most cybernetic machines. "But they can''t ask questions like that of Edith," I protested. country coroner asking her silly questions about the murder of a man coroner may very well want to talk to Edith and there''s no reason we I couldn''t let them question Edith. MacKinney, Thompson, Ballard and I had had access to the computer room; "Do you know who murdered Dr. Ballard?" "Did Mr. Thompson kill Ballard?" "Did Mr. MacKinney kill Ballard?" MacKinney and prevent, somehow, the asking of the next question. "Did Mr. Green kill Dr. Ballard?" Into the silence MacKinney read what Edith had slowly typed out: "Mr. Green did not kill Dr. Ballard."


id: 60443
title: Eddie
author: Riley, Frank
txt: ./txt/60443.txt
cache: ./cache/60443.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  than that of Dr. John O''Hara Smith, an electronics research engineer. _For a period of more than a year, the case of Dr. John O''Hara Smith Amos Busch promptly called Major General David Sanders, commander of General Sanders scratched his tanned bald head, and said, The FBI went to work with a thoroughness that made John O''Hara Smith''s O''Hara Smith''s work record, FBI agent Frank Cowles inquired: "Does Eddie solve any problems closer to our own time, Dr. Smith?" "Now, Dr. Smith," said Cowles, "let''s get back to the explosion.... Dr. John O''Hara Smith closed his eyes. story of Dr. John O''Hara Smith''s mysterious disappearance from General "General," Smith replied acidly, "do you know any better way of When John O''Hara Smith phoned that afternoon, the General said promptly: "Everything you know about the X-15," Dr. Smith agreed, "but Eddie Dr. John O''Hara Smith, and Eddie, the educatable computer.


id: 60829
title: The Upside-Down Captain
author: Harmon, Jim
txt: ./txt/60829.txt
cache: ./cache/60829.txt
extension: .txt
mime: text/plain
summary:
  "Excuse me, please," Ben Starbuck said, tapping the junior officer on "That brain is really inhuman," Starbuck said. man, Swabber Ben Starbuck, sir." Starbuck approached the machine, saw a likely looking slot and shoved. "What do you want to know?" Starbuck swallowed, saying. "He''s interested in you, Ben," the captain said enthusiastically. "Hello," Starbuck said, hugging his spacebag like a teddy-bear, the Starbuck palmed back the door to the captain''s cabin and stepped inside. The captain escorted Starbuck to the chamber of the brain, discussing "Only what Captain Birdsel here told me," Starbuck said. "Aye, captain." Starbuck could believe a cybernetic machine could like Then for two days Captain Birdsel wasn''t on hand for the little "You sent for me, sir?" Starbuck said. of the Space Service," Captain Birdsel said, flexing one knee and "I liked you, Ben," the captain''s voice said from the heart of _the


