Jul 03
Good Show Sir Comments: Gonna have to rewrite this Gettysburg Address to cover The War of the Robot Rebellion.
Published 1990
Good Show Sir Comments: Gonna have to rewrite this Gettysburg Address to cover The War of the Robot Rebellion.
Published 1990
July 3rd, 2017 at 10:12 am
“One score and seven years ago our engineers brought forth on this continent, a new robot, conceived in Chrome Steel, and dedicated to the proposition that all robots are created equal.
“Now we are engaged in a great robot war, testing whether that robot nation, or any machine so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure…”
[A.R. is moved, holds back a tear]
July 3rd, 2017 at 10:13 am
“But apart from that, Robbie, did you enjoy the play?”
July 3rd, 2017 at 10:37 am
Even great men can misread the instructions.
July 3rd, 2017 at 11:47 am
I look at that and think “Abraham Lincoln – Leprechaun”
July 3rd, 2017 at 11:49 am
The look of a man who dearly wishes to tidy something up.
July 3rd, 2017 at 1:22 pm
“Hah! My robot doppelganger fooled them!”
July 3rd, 2017 at 1:38 pm
I liked him better when he stuck to killing vampires.
July 3rd, 2017 at 1:41 pm
Alternate response.
Sherlock Holmes deduces the killer can only be Eleanor Roosevelt.
July 3rd, 2017 at 2:31 pm
He left a cryptic suicide note:
“Abort, Retry, Fail”
July 3rd, 2017 at 3:08 pm
Spielberg’s optioning this is why Daniel Day-Lewis quit acting.
July 3rd, 2017 at 3:28 pm
By the way, I don’t think this cover is bad.
July 3rd, 2017 at 3:40 pm
When a robot says it is going to give you a piece of its mind, it’s being literal.
July 3rd, 2017 at 5:44 pm
Who shot the robot in the head? John Wilkes Booth? Was it standing in for Abe at the theatre?
So, so many questions . . .
July 3rd, 2017 at 6:15 pm
IIIII shot the robot
But I did not shoot the president
Oooo-ooo-oooo
July 3rd, 2017 at 6:59 pm
I shot the robot
And they say Eric Clapton gives offence, yeh
July 3rd, 2017 at 10:12 pm
These Terminator reboots are getting ridiculous.
July 4th, 2017 at 1:34 am
I recognize the story this is from, and Abe does not investigate the shot in the head on the golf course robot. It’s, like, metaphorical.
Sadly, metaphor doesn’t translate well to cover art, so it looks like Honest Abe has become a private eye specializing in suspicious robot deaths, the cases nobody else cares about. He’s tough but fair.
July 4th, 2017 at 5:34 am
The robot’s not dead, it’s chillin’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(compilation_album)
(I tried posting this twelve hours ago and it didn’t take. Dunno why).
July 8th, 2017 at 1:40 am
Question: why are we alternating between heroes? Can’t we keep with the one who’s still alive?
Or did they mean ‘alternative’ heroes? 😉
July 8th, 2017 at 6:26 am
Is it like alternate street side parking?
July 8th, 2017 at 12:49 pm
@Tat: all right then. If it’s chillin’, I’ll wake it up.
HELLO SMURFBOT 3000! I HAVE A NICE SILICON OIL CHANGE FOR YOU WHEN YOU WAKE UP, SMURFBOT 3000!
July 11th, 2017 at 4:59 am
Ooh, judging by the color and minimalist styling, it could be a Norwegian Blue!
July 18th, 2017 at 5:20 pm
“…premier voices in science fiction”….this is a non-audio book right?
July 21st, 2017 at 12:41 pm
What happens when a robot tries to fill in a reCAPTCHA.
July 21st, 2017 at 4:28 pm
I have misread the instructions and blew your fuse. I think you have to go to the workshop again.
June 6th, 2020 at 7:33 am
Not in fact an impassioned cry against robo-slavery.