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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 34 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6839 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 89 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 robot 3 man 3 Joe 2 look 2 Johnny 2 George 2 Chief 1 sound 1 maker 1 machine 1 little 1 crowd 1 board 1 android 1 Zurk 1 Zuldi 1 Viking 1 Videnski 1 Vicki 1 Vera 1 Venex 1 Tomlin 1 Tasso 1 Tanker 1 Steffens 1 Soth 1 Sokolski 1 Scribney 1 Sam 1 Ronald 1 Robinc 1 Robie 1 Raymond 1 Ravenhurst 1 Quinby 1 Professor 1 Prime 1 Peter 1 Ollie 1 Old 1 Oak 1 Nineteen 1 Ned 1 Mulloy 1 Mr. 1 Morrison 1 Moon 1 Min 1 Mickey 1 Mark Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 673 robot 637 man 468 time 354 thing 318 way 309 hand 289 eye 278 head 251 something 243 boy 236 voice 215 door 204 room 203 day 198 face 190 nothing 181 foot 172 year 170 one 167 moment 164 machine 163 ship 157 android 151 mind 151 arm 147 steam 143 side 143 place 143 metal 143 hour 143 gun 141 people 130 anything 122 minute 120 job 117 sir 114 work 112 night 110 brain 105 word 105 order 105 course 105 body 102 part 93 wall 89 life 88 week 87 power 86 light 86 everything Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 723 _ 217 Charlie 184 Joe 169 Hendricks 153 Jingle 151 Mr. 124 Jon 115 George 106 Earth 102 McGuire 91 Tasso 90 Soth 88 Tanker 86 Klaus 85 Ben 80 Raymond 80 Peter 80 Johnny 75 Quinby 74 Chief 70 Ned 69 Frank 68 Baldy 67 Oak 67 Angus 63 Steffens 62 Lexington 60 Jordan 58 Harper 57 Brentwood 55 Zurk 54 Man 52 Hall 51 Prime 50 Sam 48 Robie 47 Marge 44 Vicki 44 Mickey 44 Indians 42 Jackson 42 Corinne 40 Moon 40 David 40 Alice 39 Zuldi 39 Ronald 39 Min 39 Fred 39 Drummond Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 3829 he 3638 i 3093 it 2522 you 1373 they 1261 him 1072 we 783 me 663 them 563 she 306 us 197 her 196 himself 59 myself 52 themselves 47 ''s 40 itself 34 yourself 33 ''em 23 yours 22 one 20 herself 19 mine 12 ourselves 11 his 6 em 5 theirs 3 ya 3 ours 2 yerself 2 thee 2 thar 1 yourselves 1 yer 1 ye 1 y''urself 1 wishing''ll 1 twon''t 1 meself 1 i''m 1 hers 1 come-- Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 8696 be 3028 have 1832 do 1222 say 932 go 869 get 685 come 655 see 630 know 590 make 510 look 471 take 423 think 314 give 286 want 262 tell 257 find 252 turn 235 stand 223 let 221 begin 217 ask 213 leave 212 try 205 work 197 start 197 keep 191 hear 190 put 185 walk 185 feel 177 stop 176 wait 174 move 164 sit 162 run 155 watch 148 mean 145 seem 142 use 122 call 121 happen 120 hold 119 stare 116 build 106 shake 104 reach 104 follow 103 bring 99 understand Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2327 not 807 up 639 out 528 then 481 so 447 back 434 now 421 down 396 just 366 more 356 only 306 here 290 good 285 little 271 long 270 other 263 right 262 too 260 first 252 very 245 in 245 as 244 all 243 away 242 off 240 there 227 well 225 much 225 again 222 on 202 still 198 even 192 never 189 over 184 few 178 old 177 great 173 new 171 own 169 human 162 enough 145 same 144 big 139 maybe 139 almost 135 around 131 last 121 ever 114 small 113 slowly Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 good 47 least 39 most 22 great 10 late 10 big 8 new 7 near 7 Most 6 fine 5 young 5 bad 4 slight 4 little 4 large 4 high 3 tough 3 smart 3 low 3 easy 2 strange 2 short 2 rich 2 remote 2 pure 2 minute 2 hard 2 early 1 weird 1 warlike 1 tight 1 tall 1 sweet 1 sturdy 1 strong 1 small 1 simple 1 silly 1 pretty 1 plush 1 old 1 northw 1 neat 1 nasty 1 mere 1 meek 1 mean 1 lush 1 long 1 j Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 62 most 11 least 6 well 1 writhe 1 newest 1 merest 1 hard Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 _ are _ 6 _ was _ 4 _ is _ 4 something was wrong 3 _ had _ 3 _ have _ 3 boy was not 3 hendricks said nothing 3 robots are n''t 3 something was up 3 voice was suddenly 2 _ does _ 2 _ got _ 2 _ got in 2 _ know _ 2 _ were _ 2 boy did not 2 boy let on 2 boy was strange 2 face took on 2 face was white 2 hendricks got up 2 hendricks stood up 2 jingle got up 2 joe went on 2 man was not 2 man was so 2 robots do n''t 2 robots were n''t 2 room was more 2 things are n''t 2 things were n''t 2 voice went on 1 _ am _ 1 _ be _ 1 _ did _ 1 _ did not 1 _ do _ 1 _ do n''t 1 _ doing _ 1 _ going _ 1 _ gone well 1 _ hear _ 1 _ is daisy 1 _ is here 1 _ looking _ 1 _ make _ 1 _ make sure 1 _ think _ 1 _ want _ Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 boy was not aware 1 boy was not ready 1 face was no longer 1 hand was not entirely 1 man had no conscious 1 man was not so 1 ship was not large 1 time was no better A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 59558 author = Boren, Sol title = Your Servant, Sir date = keywords = Doctor; Raymond; android summary = brain, sir," the android said, "It is impossible for me to go there." "Allow me to point out, sir," the android said. "This android doesn''t need Psycho-therapy, damn it," Raymond said The android stared at Raymond and said, "I could have told you that Raymond jumped, and snapped at the android, "Shut up!" "Really, sir," the android said, "your method of operating this flying The android said, "I would suggest, sir, that you allow me to Wheeler examined the android rapidly and said, "Looks like a good Raymond turned to his android and said, "I''ve reconsidered. Raymond stared at the Receptionist-Android, with its fixed smile on its Raymond''s android Raymond''s android The android''s head swiveled sharply, staring first at Raymond and then Raymond stared hopefully at George and said, "Our android was once George, the android, stared at Raymond. His android said, "You look like a tired, fat old man." Raymond leered at the android. id = 61540 author = Boucher, Anthony title = Robinc date = keywords = Grew; Head; Quinby; Robinc summary = people understand what usuform robots can do for them--" really got started on usuform manufacture yet, and anyway, Quinby was added to us, "This Grew-Quinby meeting has to take place some time. "The poor man," said Quinby. "Now usually," Quinby went on, "androids break down because they don''t So while Quinby worked on his usuform cook and our foreman Mike Warren robots use up mineral resources; usuforms save them." drinking at the Sunspot when he said, "Ah, boys--Zo things are going Quinby looked up with the sharp pleasure of a new idea. I saw Quinby looking a little bothered. and watched Quinby thinking--what time I wasn''t watching the android''s Anyway, he said to the android now, "I bet you military robots are "I''m the best Robinc ever turned out," the android said. For Quinby''s greatest usuform, so And you said we needed a usuform converter, so I made one." id = 32636 author = Boyd, Waldo T. title = The Salesman date = keywords = Anson summary = _SALESMAN''S GUIDE, RULE 2: The modern 1995 customer who The little green cue light blinked three times. "green light" customer--a first-time prospect, and three blinks "Welcome to Tracy''s Roboid Department," he said, enthusiastically, as He quickly noted the man''s conservative dress, the flaming red tie. "Heard you''ve got a sale on robots," Red-tie said, challengingly, as Anson led them into the Gray Room. A Plasti-Cast Roboid is guaranteed...." Anson felt a moment of panic as he failed to remember an applicable "I''m so very sorry," Anson said, slightly flustered, remembering that Anson tried desperately to remember the best rule for such an answer, "Good-bye, Sir; Madam," Anson said wearily, as the Magna-lift doors A salesman, who had been standing by, spoke to Anson. "People are _such_ dears at times, aren''t they?" he said. He walked to a tiny room at the far end of the great showroom and id = 29976 author = Burton, Russell title = Weak on Square Roots date = keywords = Corinne; Ronald summary = "Pascal," he had told them, "is a little weak on square roots." That had wagon, Corinne watched Ronald tuck a blanket around it. Long after Corinne had retired that night she heard Ronald pounding with Ronald brought home a giant octopus which insisted on doing the dishes That evening she had to call Ronald three times for dinner, and when he Pascal moved in controlled spasms around the living room. "Everyone will have Thursday nights off," said Corinne--but Ronald was Later, Corinne persuaded Ronald to take her to a movie, but not until Later in her kitchen, humming a little tune under her breath, Corinne Corinne and Pascal spent the next two weeks going through pretty much "When do they want Pascal back at the lab?" she asked Ronald at dinner In the living room were Pascal and Corinne. Ronald put his coffee down, walked over to Pascal, and, gripping him id = 32079 author = Clinton, Ed M. title = The Small World of M-75 date = keywords = Gaines; Sokolski; board; sound summary = blinking red lights made him move to the main control panel and adjust triggered by the lights on the big board and by the varying patterns control board in patterned reaction to particular combinations of Sokolski checked out the master controls on the data board and nodded. Then, almost sadly, Gaines said, "Looks like the end of the road for A yellow light blinked on the control panel, and in response he moved long before the repair job on the big board was done, M-75 knew how to Gaines blinked, his eyes following Sokolski as the latter looked up Sokolski had sense enough to push the red emergency button as they automatic response to the flickering lights, once more his big chest like its coming, had followed a set of sounds: there was only one M-75 did not immediately follow Gaines and Sokolski out of the room. id = 22466 author = DeKy, Thornton title = The Ultimate Experiment date = keywords = Kiron summary = to the never ceasing winds that swept the great crysolite city towers in Tirelessly he worked, for The Masters had bred, if that is the word to Sometimes, though, he would stop his work when the great red dying sun Kiron felt, at such times, the great loneliness that the last They had been kind, The Masters, and Kiron knew that his people, as they went about their eternal tasks of keeping the great city in perfect tasks The Masters had set them to do--had left them doing when the last From the time the great red eye of the sun opened itself in the East until it disappeared in the blue haze beyond the crysolite city, Kiron The actions of the Man toward the Woman, Kiron knew, was He, Kiron, had created a living man and woman. The Masters lived again The Masters, created him a superb, thinking _robot_? id = 32032 author = Dick, Philip K. title = Second Variety date = keywords = Base; David; Hendricks; Klaus; Tasso summary = "Sounds like you''re getting the same jitters as the Ivans." Hendricks "Am I walking too fast?" Hendricks said. "We''re going," Hendricks said. "And it''s going on all along your line?" Hendricks said. Klaus took a look at them, leaning over Hendricks'' broad shoulder. Major Hendricks rested against the edge of the lid, adjusting his eyes "Do you believe that?" Tasso said to Hendricks. Hendricks and Klaus looked at each other. "Klaus thinks you''re the Second Variety," Tasso said calmly, from "How do you know so much about the claws?" Hendricks said. "Are we going the whole way on foot?" Tasso said, after awhile. "It''s like this all the way," Klaus said. Hendricks stopped, and behind him, the claws came to a halt. Hendricks turned and raced back, away from the bunker, back toward the "Come on!" Tasso dragged Hendricks back, away from the columns. Tasso turned to Hendricks. "Give me a hand up," Hendricks said. id = 7506 author = Ellis, Edward Sylvester title = The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies date = keywords = Baldy; Brainerd; CHAPTER; Ethan; Hopkins; Indians; Irishman; Johnny; Mickey; man summary = The speed of the steam man gradually slackened, until it came opposite WHEN Ethan Hopkins had surveyed the steam man fully, he drew a long ''When yer wants to start, jist pull that ''ere gimcrack!'' said Baldy, At this instant, the feet of the steam man began rising and falling The hight of the steam man''s head carried the smoke and cinders clear ''It is a man that shall go by steam!'' The boy lay still several That day saw the steam man completed, so far as it was possible. BALDY BICKNELL was a hunter and trapper who, at the time we bring him moment he did so, he looked all around in quest of the steam man, whom The boy gave a jolt to the wagon, which communicated to the steam man, The boy let on steam, and the man started off on a moderate gait, Can yer steam man walk over that?'' id = 30371 author = Fontenay, Charles L. title = Service with a Smile date = keywords = Herbert summary = somewhere--and presented Alice with a perfect martini on a silver tray. "It''s a good martini, Herbert," said Alice. Herbert had found a silver deposit and made the tray. to live in a mud hut with a real man than in a mansion with Herbert." "A colony perpetuates itself," reminded sharp-faced Marguerite, acidly. And Herbert could not create a man. "That''s a good idea," said Alice thoughtfully. Herbert had not quite completed the task of air-conditioning the house "A man!" murmured Betsy, with something like awe in her voice. "Now, girls," said Alice, "we have to realize that a man brings "I know what she means," said Marguerite, and the new hardness came "That''s right," said Alice. "No, I don''t think we can," said Alice. "I say, draw straws," said Marguerite. "That''s fair," said Alice, pursing her lips. Herbert stood by the bed, the eternal smile of service on his metal id = 51185 author = Galouye, Daniel F. title = All Jackson''s Children date = keywords = Angus; Drummond; Jackson summary = Drummond gagged on his words as he gripped Angus''s arm and pointed. "Thou art Jackson," said the robot solemnly. The robots fell into two groups as they neared a cave in the cliff. "Sounds like a psalm," suggested Angus. "We''re no gods," Angus declared as the robot drew up before the cave. Drummond faced the almost prostrate robots and made a megaphone of his Angus stared thoughtfully at the robots. play Jackson and get back to the ship." He turned toward the robots. "Thou hast, O Supervisor!" the robots chanted like a gleeful Sunday "Civilization goes on for a hundred years," Angus said as he leaned "That''s what I figured." Drummond turned back toward the robots and "Drummond, we''ve only got four hours left to get to those converters." "So they start thinking in terms of religion," Drummond said. Angus stared numbly down at Drummond, then backed against the cliff. id = 48513 author = Garrett, Randall title = His Master''s Voice date = keywords = Belt; Brentwood; Felder; Mr.; Oak; Ravenhurst; Videnski; Viking summary = "I got here alive, if that makes it a good flitterboat trip," I said, "Oak," he said, "I wanted to intercept you before you went to the plant "I''m calling for Mr. Daniel Oak," he said in a low tenor voice. "Sit down, Mr. Oak," he said in that oddly forced voice of his. "I know that, Oak," he said in a low voice. "A man named Borodin," Brentwood said, in an uninterested voice. "Tell him to order McGuire to change course, to go to Asteroid And McGuire said: "I''m sorry, sir; I cannot obey any orders except "McGuire," I said patiently, "can you see Mr. Oak? "I''m sorry, sir," McGuire said after a moment, "but that information is "Wouldn''t fool McGuire for an instant," Felder said. Then I said: "McGuire, can you hear me?" "I must test," McGuire said, an almost hesitant note in his new voice. id = 51194 author = Gault, William Campbell title = Made to Measure date = keywords = Burke; Joe; Sam; Vera summary = Sam was the Director of the Domestic Center and a man sold on his job. Joe looked for some scorn in Sam''s words, found it, and said, "The big As the car rose for the Inglewood station, Sam looked over, but Joe''s They''re all the same, Joe thought, Sam and Pete and the rest. Joe took a breath, looked away, and back at Burke. "I thought you might be deaf, as well as dumb," Joe said. Chief was a great guy for seniority and Burke had it, or Joe would "Thought we''d drop over to the Harveys'' for a drink," Joe said. Joe said, "Heat, that''s what does it. Driving over to Westchester that night, Joe told Alice, "Sam''s a "You act like a robot," Joe said. Then Joe said, "Well, Alice, it''s time for the volition. Joe said tolerantly, "You''re a little confused yet, Alice. "Joe," Vera said. id = 60024 author = Giunta, Aldo title = Jingle in the Jungle date = keywords = Bell; Charlie; Commissioner; Inc.; Jingle; Tanker summary = "But I ain''t gonna anyway," said Charlie Jingle. Charlie Jingle got up from his chair and walked to the door. "Hold on!" roared Commissioner Jergen, and Charlie Jingle stopped with Then Charlie Jingle stormed into his shop, where Tanker Bell awaited When Tanker saw Charlie come into the room fuming mad, he shut off the Charlie Jingle glared at the Tanker a moment, drew a deep breath, Tanker Bell looked at Charlie, his face puckering like a child''s. Lemme make it clear, Tank," said Charlie Jingle softly. "I won''t," said Tanker Bell tightly, and Charlie went out. As a last resort, Charlie Jingle refused to let the Tanker fight. On the day of the fight, Charlie Jingle corralled the Tanker in the "You really wanna win that fight, kid?" asked Charlie Jingle, sad and What Charlie Jingle did, when he operated on the Tanker, was what id = 60939 author = Grenville, Scott F. title = Superjoemulloy date = keywords = Joe; Mulloy summary = Gradually, Joe Mulloy began to get his way in everything by virtue of "That robot is getting too slavelike," said Joe to himself, after the "Yes, Omnipotent Mas--" the robot began, but Joe cut it off. is superior to me?" For the first time in his life, Joe Mulloy was I''ll build a Super Joe Mulloy!" impossible to tell the super-robot from a human. Joe Mulloy, except for the sneer. junk?" Joe asked the super-robot. Joe Mulloy turned on his heel and stomped out of the room. Joe found the super-robot in the mirror-lined office, where it had been Try as the robot would, perfection in a sneer still lay "Genius!" shouted Joe, to get the robot to turn its head. But now Superjoemulloy''s sneer was completely perfect. turned it around, and aimed it right back at Joe Mulloy. Joe Mulloy made another nose-skinning bow and groveled out of the room. Joe screamed, but the super-robot id = 51362 author = Haggert, W. T. title = Lex date = keywords = Lexington; Manners; Peter; machine 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 = 63616 author = Haley, A. L. title = Hagerty''s Enzymes date = keywords = Breen; Harper; Scribney; robot summary = Harper Breen sank down gingerly into the new Relaxo-Lounge. "Hey, Harp, old man!" His brother-in-law, turning the pages of the "You''re right, Bella," agreed Harper incisively. he watched the robots moving efficiently about, pushing patients in desk clerk who, poor man, was a high strung fellow human instead of a I won''t have another of those damnable robots in my room, do you But she had turned her glare on Harper. "You''ve got the wrong room!" yelled Harp. "Stop a robot?" Harper glared pityingly. The robots not only ignored Harper. Jake, looking over Harper''s skimpy frame, grunted doubtfully. Harper looked at his watch. Harper had guessed right. But Harper was a determined man. Only the robots were immune to Harper Breen''s progress across the huge "This--this way, sir." With shrinking steps the clerk led Harper across "Don''t ''my-good-man'' me!" snapped Harper. Despondently he looked at Harper. "You mean you want these robots id = 29204 author = Harrison, Harry title = Arm of the Law date = keywords = Chief; China; Joe; Ned summary = It was a big, coffin-shaped plywood box that looked like it weighed a Ned did an about face and slid over to the Chief with that same said while he walked around the robot, looking it over like a dog with a in Chief''s protruding eyes I could tell Ned had quickly passed the Ned took such things literally though, and turned Maybe the Chief had ordered Ned there, but clearly as if the words I went in, took their guns from Ned, and made the arrest official. "China Joe is not going to like this, not at all," the Chief said, "China Joe wants you should tell him why you got smart cops going around Ned''s chest, before the robot plucked the gun away and slipped on the "Ned, take a good look at that Chinese guy in the rayon bathrobe and let Ned came in through the street door carrying a very bashed-looking id = 29471 author = Harrison, Harry title = The Velvet Glove date = keywords = Coleman; Druce; Jon; Venex; robot summary = Jon Venex fitted the key into the hotel room door. Jon was just starting to read it when the ceiling light went out. Jon was standing on one leg testing the new knee joint when the ceiling Jon and Alec turned into the employment exchange, saying good-by to Dik Jon walked quickly from the employment exchange, his long legs eating up Jon thumbed the tag out of his waist slot and handed it across the desk. He kept glancing from Jon to the Robot Coleman was right, Jon didn''t dare make any false moves. Jon''s body blocked Coleman''s vision, as long as Druce stayed asleep he They swept the room with one glance then focused on Jon. The right shutter clicked shut while the other began opening and closing The dented, green head rolled to a stop at Jon''s feet, the face staring instant Coleman was first aware of Jon''s motion, the robot had finished id = 27921 author = Knight, David C. title = The Love of Frank Nineteen date = keywords = Elizabeth; Frank; Min; Nineteen; robot summary = "Honey," I said, hardly looking at the leg, "you know how mechs are. "You know how strict Minor Planets is with its robot personnel," Min "Calls himself Frank Nineteen," said Min, pointing to the smooth Palmer the parts of the girl mech and working fast, like he was pressed for The girl mech put a small plastic hand on the servo''s shoulder. After a while the girl mech turned away for a second and Frank Nineteen "But, Min," I said, "they''re only a couple of robots." Anyway, Frank left for Earth, the girl got dismantled as usual and we "It''s that girl robot of yours, Bill," he said. With that the big servo-pilot took off for 22A like a berserk robot and "Frank Nineteen!" said the girl mech suddenly. Elizabeth and Frank said their I do''s right there in the Renting Office Min and I got to thinking of all those robot colonizers who''d be coming id = 50819 author = Leiber, Fritz title = A Bad Day for Sales date = keywords = Robie; crowd summary = Robie radared the crowd, found that it surrounded him solidly, and The boy who had called Robie a turtle jumped in the middle of the path Robie stopped two feet short of him. "Hello, youngster," Robie said in a voice that was smooth as that of a "Rita, come back here!" a woman in the third rank of the crowd called does not waste bait, Robie said winningly, "I''ll bet you read _Junior her arms behind her head, she pirouetted slowly before Robie to show Robie scanned the crowd resourcefully. Robie''s head stopped swiveling. Robie stopped again, still on the curb. Robie was saying, "While we wait for the light, there''s time for The crowd around Robie bloomed, too. Robie scanned him. "Good day, sir," Robie said. "Help me, Robie," she said. "Hello, youngster," Robie said. "Hello, youngster," Robie said. "Give me a dime," Robie said. "Robie helped me," the little girl began babbling at her. id = 62043 author = Lewis, Richard O. title = Zurk date = keywords = Marene; Zuldi; Zurk summary = "Zurk!" The thought-wave went out with all the power of his brain. The trap door opened slowly some time later, and Marene came up into The thought of that black ship and what it meant sent Zurk into another Zurk watched Marene lead the young man to the table at the end of the Marene''s hand was upon the young man''s arm and she was looking up into window toward the far-away, dark horizon from whence the black ship Zurk''s photo-electric eyes saw the vibration of the charge slit through And once again Zurk''s eyes saw the vibration miss its mark by inches. Zurk tried with all his might to tell the young man that the gun was a out at the black ship and Bob was working frantically with the gun. one of the hand guns Zurk--or Guyard--had made in the secret furnace. id = 32828 author = Marks, Winston K. (Winston Kinney) title = Backlash date = keywords = Fred; Johnson; Ollie; Soth; Vicki; little; look summary = "I am a Soth," he said in a low, creamy voice. I hoped Fred''s presence would help simmer Vicki down a little. Then I got out and said hello to Vicki and Fred as casually as possible. "A robot!" Fred said, and both their heads swiveled to stare back. She looked at Fred, me, and then Soth. Soth moved so softly I didn''t hear him go, but Fred was watching I had Ollie Johnson there, too, to put Soth through his paces. I had the feeling that warm-hearted Vicki would have had the Soth down times to be prepared to withdraw said Soth from any unlisted job in I said sternly, "Soth, why did you harm those people?" Soth let him drop, and hissed briefly to Ollie Johnson, who was still Soth had his hands before him, protectively, but as Vicki approached Then she said, "Don''t bother, Soth. id = 22512 author = Merliss, Reuben (Reuben Robert) title = The Stutterer date = keywords = Earth; Grismet; Hall; Jordan; look; man summary = "Well, that shows you can''t tell by looking at a fellow," the agent said Hall returned then to the seventeen, and he said with his thoughts: "All Tom Jordan," the older man finally said. "Yes, sir," the new man said briskly. "It is a great opportunity," Jordan said, and he meant it. "It looks as though you''ve been p-p-picking raspberries," Hall said. "If you p-promise to l-listen to me, I''ll let you go," Hall said. "Just a few hours," Hall said. "Remember," Hall said, "just a few hours." He turned and started "What do you think he wants with that?" the sheriff asked of Jordan. Hall stepped around the man in his path, and turned down the street. Since Jordan''s ship was not large enough to transport Jon Hall''s great "In a way," Hall said. Jordan looked directly into Hall''s face. "Let''s have another game," Jordan said. id = 51321 author = Nourse, Alan Edward title = Prime Difference date = keywords = George; Marge; Prime summary = Marge was a dream to look at, with her tawny hair and her sulky eyes "Meet George Faircloth Prime," the technician said, grinning at me like for work, and sure enough, there was George Prime starting my car, I pushed the recall and George Prime got out of the car and walked into with George Prime on hand to cover the home front. little guilty, leaving poor old George Prime to cope with Marge all "Of course I like her," George Prime said. _Very_ old times, in fact I even caught myself looking at Marge "Why, nothing," said George Prime, looking innocent. "I try," said George Prime. could snap George Prime off any time I wanted, or even take him in for I could see Marge and George Prime through the living About dawn, out came George Prime, looking like a man with a As I said, the old Marge was never like the new one. id = 50827 author = Shaara, Michael title = Orphans of the Void date = keywords = Ball; Steffens; maker; robot summary = When the ship had gone very low, looking for a landing site, Steffens One of the near robots came forward alone, moving, as Steffens now Ball came to join Steffens, staring at the robots through the clear It was Steffens'' turn to struggle, and the robot waited patiently while Steffens looked at Ball, then at the silent robots, Steffens jumped at the familiar words, then realized to what the robot It was at this point that Steffens asked how many robots there were. The robot extracted all the knowledge of matter that Steffens held, If the robot could have laughed, Steffens thought it would have, then. Steffens thought the robot would go on, but it didn''t. Although Steffens knew already what the robot could not possibly have When Steffens looked up in surprise, Ball said: robots were built, the Makers had done this: The robots would serve Man. Steffens took one long, painful breath. id = 29446 author = Sheckley, Robert title = Beside Still Waters date = keywords = Mark summary = As the years passed, the air pump began to labor a little as it Looking up, Mark could see the sheer blackness of the river of space, Mark began to tape new responses into Charles. When he said, "How does it look?" Charles would answer, "What do you think of girls?" Mark would ask, sitting on a packing case "I dreamed of a girl named Martha once," Charles would say. It was always night on Martha, but Mark broke up his time into mornings, In time, Mark built more complicated conversations into Charles. Mark was sardonic, Charles And in time, Mark forgot he had built the answers into Charles. Time passed unnoticed by the stars, and the air pump hissed and clanked Mark was fixing it constantly, but the air of Martha became From his bunk Mark saw the stars for the last time. "The stars ..." Mark said. id = 28892 author = Smith, George H. (George Henry) title = Benefactor date = keywords = Clark summary = Jacob Clark told his young assistant, Bill Towney. "They''ll be battering at the door any minute now, sir," Towney said unemployment by replacing workers." "It''s utter nonsense, you know," Clark said impatiently. "I don''t know, sir, but they don''t." Towney paused as the shouting and "Really, sir," Towney said, "you should leave here. "There''s the time machine, sir." hurry they will," Towney said urgently. "The time machine is set for time machine as the mob burst through. Clark''s hand leaped to the control lever just as a brick crashed into The year three thousand had been a brilliant one for the robots, in Clark, the creator and benefactor, was to be dedicated on the site of models and had been handed down from generation to generation of robots. "Perhaps it came from a far part of the earth," one of them said. robot as he tenderly unscrewed Jacob Clark''s head from his body. id = 32327 author = Sohl, Jerry title = The Seventh Order date = keywords = George; Professor; Tomlin; man summary = "Never mind," George said. "You are a Fourth Order robot, then?" the professor asked. "A very nasty habit, Professor Tomlin," the robot said. Tomlin said, "people aren''t going to like what you say. "Of course," George said, making certain the TV camera was trained on tasks in order to create humanoids like me. George turned to the professor. Tomlin, alone on the porch with the robot, turned to him and said, "I knew you were a better than average man, Professor Tomlin," the At that moment George walked into the room and the clamor died at its Suddenly from the balcony over George''s head a man leaned over, a metal the man disappeared in a flash and the chair dropped toward George. Three days after George had killed his first man, action ceased. to relax except that George suddenly became aware of the fact the man id = 31364 author = Stearns, Charles A. title = B-12''s Moon Glow date = keywords = Glow; Langley; MS-33; Moon summary = _Among the metal-persons of Phobos, robot B-12 held a special We metal people are the children of the Builders of Earth, and later which--but you know the effects of Moon Glow, of course. I produced the vials of Moon Glow, and he paid me in Phobos credits, Jon Rogeson and I saw each other at the same time, and I did not like wondered if he had seen me passing the Moon Glow to Benny somehow. And you know the Dumps better than any metal "You there--robot!" said Langley, looking at me. "And the r-robots," MS-33 said, "They''re metal too, you know." "Have another drop of Moon Glow," I said. Jon said, "Well, I''ll be damned!" "You are instructed to leave Phobos," I said to Langley, "and you will "It is no business of mine," I said to Jon, "but I have seen you look "Come on here, damn you!" Langley said. id = 31038 author = Stuart, William W. title = The Real Hard Sell date = keywords = Ben; Betty; Man; Old summary = There he sat, Ben Tilman, normally a cheerful, pleasant young man. "Thanks, hon," said Ben. Nevertheless, robot secretaries were all He sat at his huge, old fashioned oak desk as Ben walked across "Oh, Ben. It''s you." The Old Man raised his hand to adjust the ancient Selling you''ve got to do by feel, eh Ben? You give an old man a new faith in sales, Ben! sure, the brand new house that Amalgamated had installed Ben, Betty and "We are," the Old Man told Ben when he was given the Company-assigned delightful party, a credit to Ben, Betty and the finest built-in house "Damn it, Ben," Fred Stoddard broke in, "come on, man, out with it. "There now, Ben," said Betty, holding Bennie a little awkwardly in her The Old Man looked up and saw Ben''s hand "Well, you couldn''t sell me that time, could you, Old Man?" id = 29317 author = Thiessen, V. E. title = There Will Be School Tomorrow date = keywords = Johnny; Malone summary = and in the country, the children were late from school. There were a few calls, but the robotic telephone devices at the schools "Is Johnny home from school came out of the houses and went walking back to the schools. The morning before the robots walked, Johnny Malone, the Mayor''s son, "Yes, Sir." Eyes smarting, Johnny Malone went down the stairs to the his home, and Johnny could walk to school. the ones that had been in the robot schools before. "My father says no robot can lay a hand on a human." Two metal hands held Johnny Malone. the robots walked from other schools, in other towns. the children would not be home from school, and do what had to be done. In the schools, the roboteachers told stories until the children fell The metal voice of the robot beside Johnny said, "I am going to live id = 31611 author = Wolf, Mari title = Robots of the World! Arise! date = keywords = Chief; Jerry; Morrison summary = brain--walked up and said "We want union scale"?_ best thing about these new household robots, I thought. They''re stopping robots in the streets--household Robs, "We''ll be right behind you, Morrison," he said. "We _were_ machines, Mr. Morrison," Jerry said politely. "Oh, no!" Jerry said, his eye-cells flashing crimson. "Try that, Mr. Morrison, and you won''t have a plant, or a laboratory, or Carron City! "Yes," said Jerry. "Robots aren''t suspicious," Jack said. group of waiting robots--about twenty of them, this time. The android--who looked like Jerry, though I "Now you people will know we mean business," he said, gesturing toward It was all about Carron City and the robots who had So said the people of the city. come out for us, we''ll be de-telepathed in time for work this "All right, Don," Jack said. Thought about robots built to work who had "It''s that robot, Jerry," he said.