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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
EPIGRAPH
SECTION ONE: IT’S ALIVE!
THE GOLEM RUNS AMUCK
Chayim Bloch
FANDOM FOR ROBOTS
Vina Jie-Min Prasad
MOXON’S MASTER
Ambrose Bierce
THE LAND IRONCLADS
H. G. Wells
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
THE REVOLT OF THE MACHINES
Emile Goudeau
MICROCOSMIC GOD
Theodore Sturgeon
ANCIENT ENGINES
Michael Swanwick
BEACHCOMBER
Mike Resnick
NON SERVIAM
Stanisław Lem
ADAM ROBOTS
Adam Roberts
SOLAR PLEXUS
James Blish
I MADE YOU
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
THE BELL-TOWER
Herman Melville
FIRST TO SERVE
Algis Budrys
MALAK
Peter Watts
THE TOYMAKER’S DAUGHTER
Arundhati Hazra
SECTION TWO: FOLLOWING THE MONEY
NIGHTMARE NUMBER THREE
Stephen Vincent Benét
WITH FOLDED HANDS
Jack Williamson
FULL REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING
Section B.-Display of Models and Mechanical Science.
Charles Dickens
FULLY AUTOMATED NOSTALGIA CAPITALISM
Dan Grace
THE MAN-UFACTORY
Frederic Perkins
A ROBOT WALKS INTO A BAR
Romie Stott
MEN OF IRON
Guy Endore
A BAD DAY FOR SALES
Fritz Leiber
THE GREATEST ONE-STAR RESTAURANT IN THE WHOLE QUADRANT
Rachael K. Jones
THE READING MACHINE
Morris Bishop
BABY H.P.
by Juan Jose Arreola
THE STEAM-DRIVEN BOY
John Sladek
COMFORT ME, MY ROBOT
Robert Bloch
A LOGIC NAMED JOE
Murray Leinster
MIKA MODEL
Paolo Bacigalupi
CASPAR D. LUCKINBILL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
Nick Wolven
I
II
III
THE NEXT SCENE
Robert Reed
SECTION THREE: OVERSEER AND SERVANT
OLD ROBOTS ARE THE WORST
Bruce Boston
VIRTUOSO
Herbert Goldstone
SAYING GOODBYE TO YANG
Alexander Weinstein
THE PERFECT EGG
Tania Hershman
THE CARETAKER
Ken Liu
HI HO CHERRY-O
Becky Hagenston
ROBOT
Helena Bell
ROSIE CLEANS HOUSE
Lauren Fox
SUPER-TOYS LAST ALL SUMMER LONG
Brian Aldiss
TAMAGOTCHI
Adam Marek
THE VELDT
Ray Bradbury
THERE WILL BE SCHOOL TOMORROW
V. E. Thiessen
LEX
W. T. Haggert
HELEN O’LOY
Lester Del Rey
THE PEACEMAKER
T. S. Bazelli
SEXY ROBOT MOM
Sandra McDonald
I AM CRYING ALL INSIDE
Clifford D. Simak
SECTION FOUR: CHANGING PLACES
TRANSFORMER
GPT-2
THE MAN
Paul McAuley
THE BIRDS OF ISLA MUJERES
Steven Popkes
THAT LAUGH
Patrick O’Leary
ZEN AND THE ART OF STARSHIP MAINTENANCE
Tobias S. Buckell
DOLLY SODOM
John Kaiine
THE ROBOT WHO LOOKED LIKE ME
Robert Sheckley
MISS BOKKO
Bokko-chan
Shinichi Hoshi
THE DANCING PARTNER
Jerome K. Jerome
SATISFACTION
Nicholas Sheppard
NANONAUTS! IN BATTLE WITH TINY DEATH-SUBS!
Ian McDonald
MASKED
Rich Larson
THE TURING TEST
Chris Beckett
SELF PORTRAIT
Bernard Wolfe
MANEKI NEKO
Bruce Sterling
“REPENT, HARLEQUIN!” SAID THE TICKTOCKMAN
Harlan Ellison
THE MACHINE STOPS
E. M. Forster
1. THE AIR-SHIP
2. THE MENDING APPARATUS
3. THE HOMELESS
SECTION FIVE: ALL HAIL THE NEW FLESH
THE HAMMER
Carl Sandburg
GOOD TO GO
Liz Jensen
TENDER
Rachel Swirsky
MASKS
Damon Knight
HOSTBODS
Tendai Huchu
SCANNERS LIVE IN VAIN
Cordwainer Smith
MUSÉE DE L’ÂME SEULE
E. Lily Yu
THE WINTER MARKET
William Gibson
THE ONE WHO ISN’T
Ted Kosmatka
SUICIDE COAST
M. John Harrison
MEMORIES AND WIRE
Mari Ness
GANGER (BALL LIGHTNING)
Nalo Hopkinson
LEARNING TO BE ME
Greg Egan
NO WOMAN BORN
C. L. Moore
FLIGHT
Joanna Kavenna
PRAXIS
Karen Joy Fowler
TONGTONG’S SUMMER
Xia Jia
THESE 5 BOOKS GO 6 FEET DEEP
Ted Hayden
SECTION SIX: SUCCESSION
DARWIN AMONG THE MACHINES
Samuel Butler
MECHANOPOLIS
Miguel de Unamuno
BIG DAVE’S IN LOVE
T. D. Edge
I, ROW-BOAT
Cory Doctorow
FULFILLMENT
A. E. van Vogt
MAKING THE CONNECTIONS
Barry N. Malzberg
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
DIRECTOR X AND THE THRILLING WONDERS OF OUTER SPACE
Brian Trent
THE NEXT MOVE
John Cooper Hamilton
LIKE YOU, I AM A SYSTEM
Nathan Hillstrom
MY FAVOURITE SENTIENCE
Marissa Lingen
LONDON, PARIS, BANANA
Howard Waldrop
LOST MEMORY
Peter Phillips
STARCROSSED
George Zebrowski
THE NARROW ROAD
Tad Williams
THE GOLEM
by Avram Davidson
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NON-FICTION
FICTION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXTENDED COPYRIGHT
About the Author
An Invitation from the Publisher
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