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Desert Dreams

By: Gracie C. Mckeever

...on mawla's 27"-screen with Dolby stereo sound; and the deadly cold killing machines of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. One minute he could see wh... ...an his "artisan" skills to make a useful weapon. But having mawla's mate's machinery available to him encouraged him about his prospects. He had at le...

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Rossum's Universal Robots

By: Karel Capek

...count. Do you play the piano? HELENA Yes. DOMIN That's good. But a working machine must not play the piano, must not feel happy, must not do a whole ... ...u spoke of lies. HELENA You wouldn't have her killed? DOMIN You can't kill machines. R. U. R. I-13 HELENA Don't be afraid, Sulla, I won't let you go.... ...work, Miss Glory! One Robot can replace two and a half workmen. The human machine, Miss Glory, was terribly imperfect. It had to be removed sooner o... ...!–– and ensure good treatment for them. FABRY Not a bad object, either. A machine has to be treated properly. Upon my soul, I approve of that. I don... ... damage to himself because it doesn't hurt him. He puts his hand into the machine, breaks his finger, smashes his head, its all the same to him. We ... ... without price. There will be no poverty. All work will be done by living machines. Everybody will be free from worry and liberated from the degrada... ... perfect himself. He shall serve neither matter nor man. He will not be a machine and a device for production. He will be Lord of creation. BUSMAN A... ...ill all mankind. Spare no men. Spare no women. Save factories, railways, machinery, mines, and raw materials. Destroy the rest. Then return to work... ...crust of bread. I wanted not a single soul to be broken by other people's machinery. I wanted nothing, nothing, nothing to be left of this appalling...

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And Gulliver Returns Book V : My Visit to Singaling

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...t. Working drones were not needed in our earthly hive. Even in the 1970's machines could do the work of many high school graduates. It struck me o... ...et sweeper did the work of thousands of little old ladies in a single day. Machines plucked and packed the fruits of our orchards eliminating the imp... ...at it paid for itself quickly. Singaling had developed a perpetual motion machine in the financial arena. It had high incomes but low taxes. It had ... ...esh water. We clean ourselves and our homes without water. Electro-static machines replace bathroom showers, dishwashers and clothes washers and drye... ...scaping, they pay a big premium for that. “We have improved on the machine that pulls water vapor from the air. Many homes and businesses hav... ...n Canada having to go for an MRI at 4 o‟clock in the morning, because the machine ran 24 hours. I could have had a normal daily appointment but it w...

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The Emerald Dagger

By: Barbara M. Hodges

...tretched upon the bed. My God, she thought, it’s me, and what’s with all the machines and tubes? 16 The Emerald Dagger She floated closer. Life suppo... ...d up the chart hanging at the foot of the bed, checked the read- ings on the machines and hung the chart back in its place. Look at her, Kelsey though... ...the doctor said. “Would she want to go on this way? No brain activity, and a machine breathing for her?” “I know you’re right,” Duncan cried. “But to ...

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Love at First Stake

By: J. Morgan

... You may be an all powerful Vampire, but I’m an unstoppable Vampire killing machine.” I thrust all the appropriate body parts in his general direct... ...ave run screaming through the doors. At the other end of the field, a smoke machine flared to life spewing a blue and pink colored fog into the air... ...now how busy this time of year is.” I’ve heard of shotgun weddings, but a machine gun honeymoon? And I thought redneck weddings were weird. “So,... ... Who knew how long she’d been standing there before she popped me with that machine gun? Well, I wasn’t going to stand back and die on my honeymoon...

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The Snakelex Report

By: Christine Jones

...e has been exchanged during the service, not to mention, sale of stock or machinery. The congregation has grown quite accustomed to seeing their pas... ... all his money at cards, now took out his frustration on the old pinball machine. Eventually, Morris had no choice than to throw the young man out ...

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The Eye of Alloria

By: Rae Lori

...enture to the stars. He heard stories during the age of technology of how man sent machines to record data as they learned about other planets in th... ...d through the papers. “And to think at one time humanity couldn’t function without machines.” “How wrong they were,” he said. “I don’t need a fl... ...ead focused on the pursuit of pleasuring himself and feeding his every want. These machines joined with man to create superior beings, yet it backfi... ...with man to create superior beings, yet it backfired—destroying most of humankind. Machines were quickly destroyed as well thus sending mankind back... ...o the wars that started the destruction of your people right before the age of the machines.” He shifted his weight at the mention of the machin... ...he wars of men. Technology advanced to the point of the creation where Man created machines to think for themselves and to work twice as hard as hum... ...wice as hard as humans. Soon, they lead humans in war against themselves. But, the machines knew from man’s history that there would be a backlash a... ... that there would be a backlash against them. Humans fear what is different. The machines managed to reanimate human corpses and meld with them to ...

...In the late 21st century on Earth, new technology allowed man to create machines merged with the body of their fallen comrades of war. These ?manchines? fought and won the war for the West. Discarded, the manchines learned of their worth and fought back for their own freedom, destroying half of t...

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