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Science Fiction or Reality: When do the Machines Take Over?
Science fiction has given us the fear of autonomous computers taking over the world. Is it possible? Are there early warning signs? Literary influences? Here is my tongue-in-cheek threat assessment. Continue reading
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Tagged Anne McAffrey, Dan Simmons, Fred Saberhagen, humor, Matrix, Robert Heinlein, Science and Education, Skynet, terminator
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Geekly Reader: The Brixton Brothers Book One
As a kid, I loved reading Encyclopedia Brown books, even when I was old enough that the mysteries were really simple to solve and I realized how absurd it was that Chief Brown needed his son’s help to solve cases. I didn’t read quite as much Hardy Boys, except for one summer when my younger […] Continue reading
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