Robots, computers, and thinking machines

5 books

A Spaceship Named McGuireRandall Garrett · 1960Science fiction story about Daniel Oak, a hired investigator who steals the robot spaceship McGuire and travels to an asteroid to work for wealthy Shalimar Ravenhurst, a mysterious man with an unusual task for him.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Solomon's OrbitWilliam Carroll · 1960A 1960 science fiction short story about an auto-wrecking yard owner whose homemade satellite launch sends old cars into orbit, prompting confusion between American and Soviet authorities who must explain the mysterious automobiles circling Earth.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Cosmic ComputerH. Beam Piper · 1963A science fiction novel about Conn Maxwell, who returns to his depressed home planet and tries to convince its obsessed inhabitants that a legendary war-planning supercomputer called Merlin does not exist, then devises a plan to profit from the search.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Velvet GloveHarry Harrison · 1956This 1956 science fiction short story by Harry Harrison follows unemployed robot Jon Venex searching for work in New York City, where robots face discrimination despite a recently passed Robot Equality Act granting them legal freedom.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Unwise ChildRandall Garrett · 1962A 1962 science fiction novel by Randall Garrett about Mike the Angel, a wealthy electronics expert in futuristic New York who survives an attack by teenage thugs and becomes involved with the Interstellar Commission, including a project concerning a problematic young genius.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية