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Unwise Child
Randall Garrett
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When a super-robot named Snookums discovers how to build his own superbombs, it becomes obvious that Earth is by no means the safest place for him to be. And so Dr. Fitzhugh, his designer, and Leda Crannon, a child psychologist acting as Snookums’ nursemaid, agree to set up Operation Brainchild, a plan to transport the robot to a far distant planet. But the space ship becomes the scene of some frightening events--the medical officer is murdered, and Snookums appears to be the culprit
When a super-robot named Snookums discovers how to build his own superbombs, it becomes obvious that Earth is by no means the safest place for him to be. And so Dr. Fitzhugh, his designer, and Leda Crannon, a child psychologist acting as Snookums’ nursemaid, agree to set up Operation Brainchild, a plan to transport the robot to a far distant planet. But the space ship becomes the scene of some frightening events--the medical officer is murdered, and Snookums appears to be the culprit
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Unwise Child has some very promising points, but ultimately collapses under its own weight and concludes with a depressing thud. It starts out with an interesting and violent urban future scenario, introduces some intriguing thoughts about robotics and artificial intelligence, and then abruptly turn
This is a mystery as much as it is science fiction, which is not surprising from the author of the Lord Darcy stories. But it is also very good science fiction.
The story starts out to set the scene, a world where juvenile delinquents carry vibroblades and rocket bombs, and rob lone antique dealers
I have read Unwise Child at least a dozen times, and from time to time I re-read it again. I enjoy it thoroughly each time, and I recommend it to you.
It contains some action scenes but isn't really an action book. It contains some mysteries but isn't really a mystery book. There's a lot of talking,
The story reads like a good juvenile science fiction book. But it is much more than that! It introduces the three laws of robotics. The book was published in 1962 but the laws were introduce far earlier (sometime in the 1940's, I think). It gives a nice twist to the laws by applying them to human na
This book starts well (10%) and ends well (5%), but something really went wrong in that middle 85%. It is either an early book about artificial intelligence running amok (think Hal from Space Odyssey) or a late, pulpy robot-goes-crazy story. The book's problems stem in part from it can't decide whic