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Part 1. The New Dispensation
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Abbe Mowshowitz
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Essay
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| 6 |
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
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Richard Brautigan
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Poem
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| 7 |
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (excerpt)
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Robert A. Heinlein
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Short Fiction
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| 17 |
The Jagged Orbit (excerpt)
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John Brunner
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Short Fiction
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| 24 |
Player Piano (excerpt)
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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Short Fiction
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| 31 |
Journey Beyond Tomorrow (excerpt)
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Robert Sheckley
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Short Fiction
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| 35 |
Report
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Donald Barthelme
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Short Story
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| 39 |
Part 2. Information and Power
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Abbe Mowshowitz
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Essay
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| 45 |
The Nine Billion Names of God
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Arthur C. Clarke
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Short Story
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| 52 |
What's the Name of That Town?
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R. A. Lafferty
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Short Story
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| 63 |
Giles Goat-Boy (excerpt)
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John Barth
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Short Fiction
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| 80 |
Answer
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Fredric Brown
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Short Story
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| 81 |
Part 3. Clockwork Society
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Abbe Mowshowitz
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Essay
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| 94 |
Examination Day
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Henry Slesar
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Short Story
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| 97 |
A Modern Utopia (excerpt)
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H. G. Wells
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Short Fiction
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| 98 |
This Perfect Day (excerpt)
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Ira Levin
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Short Fiction
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| 104 |
The City and the Stars (excerpt)
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Arthur C. Clarke
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Short Fiction
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| 109 |
Walter Perkins Is Here!
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Raymond E. Banks
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Short Story
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| 118 |
Part 4. Responsibility and Secision-Making
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Abbe Mowshowitz
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Essay
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| 124 |
Nobody Lives on Burton Street
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Greg Benford
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Short Story
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| 131 |
The Steel Crocodile (excerpt)
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D. G. Compton
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Short Fiction
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| 137 |
Top Stand-By Job
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Philip K. Dick
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Short Story
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| 148 |
Franchise
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Isaac Asimov
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Short Story
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| 164 |
Part 5. Broken Promises
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Abbe Mowshowitz
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Essay
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| 170 |
A Sigh for Cybernetics
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Felicia Lamport
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Poem
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| 171 |
Form 5640: Report of a Malfunction
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Bruce Kawin
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Short Story
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| 178 |
MS Fnd in a Lbry
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Hal Draper
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Short Story
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| 184 |
Moxon's Master
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Ambrose Bierce
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Short Story
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| 193 |
Control of Behavior
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Abbe Mowshowitz
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Essay
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| 199 |
The Twenty Third Psalm—Modern Style
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Alan Simpson
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R. A. Baker (I)
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Poem
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| 200 |
The 480 (excerpt)
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Eugene Burdick
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Short Fiction
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| 203 |
Machines of Loving Grace
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Gardner Dozois
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Short Story
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| 209 |
Journey Beyond Tomorrow [2] (excerpt)
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Robert Sheckley
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Short Fiction
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| 217 |
Fistful of Digits (excerpt)
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Christopher Hodder-Williams
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Short Fiction
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| 226 |
Human Vitality
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Abbe Mowshowitz
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Essay
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| 232 |
Hardcastle
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Ron Goulart
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Short Story
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| 240 |
Instinct
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Lester del Rey
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Short Story
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| 253 |
The Feeling of Power
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Isaac Asimov
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Short Story
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| 262 |
Man in Transition
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Abbe Mowshowitz
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Essay
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| 268 |
Univac to Univac
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Louis B. Salomon
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Poem
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| 271 |
Nova (excerpt)
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Samuel R. Delany
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Short Fiction
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| 275 |
The Adding Machine (excerpt)
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Elmer L. Rice
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Short Fiction
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| 283 |
Full Sun
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Brian W. Aldiss
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Short Story
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| 295 |
The Tale of the Big Computer (excerpt)
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Olof Johannesson
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Short Fiction
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| 301 |
Bibliography (Inside Information)
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uncredited
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Essay
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| 335 |
Index (Inside Information)
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uncredited
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Essay
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| xi |
Preface (Inside Information)
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Abbe Mowshowitz
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Essay
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