Connie Willis
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English
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"When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate's UFO-themed wedding -- complete with a true-believer bridegroom -- she can't help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which obviously don't exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one."--
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English
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A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.
This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus "with minds and wisdoms"—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the
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