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On the far planet Wing IV, a brilliant scientist creates the humanoids--sleek black androids programmed to serve humanity.
But are they perfect servants--or perfect masters?
Slowly the humanoids spread throughout the galaxy, threatening to stifle all human endeavor. Only a hidden group of rebels can stem the humanoid tide...if it's not already too late.
Fist published in Astounding Science Fiction during the magazine's heyday, The Humanoids--sceince fiction grand master Jack Williamson's finest novel--has endured for fifty years as a classic on the theme of natural versus artificial life.
Also included in this edition is the prelude novelette, "With Folded Hands," which was chosen for the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
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"To serve and obey, and guard men from harm" on the far planet Wing IV, a brilliant scientist creates the humanoids - sleek black androids programmed to serve humanity. But are they perfect servants - or perfect masters? Slowly the humanoids spread throughout the galaxy, threatening to stifle all human endeavor. Only a hidden group of rebels can stem the humanoid tide ... if it's not already too late. First published in Astounding Science Fiction during the magazine's heyday, The Humanoids - science fiction grand master Jack Williamson's finest novel - has endured for fifty years as a classic on the theme of natural versus artificial life. Also included in this edition is the prelude novelette, "With Folded Hands", which was chosen for the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
About the Author:
Jack Williamson published his first short story in 1928, and he's been producing entertaining, thought-provoking science fiction ever since. The second person named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America--the first was Robert A. Heinlein--Williamson has always been in the forefront of the field, being the first to write fiction about genetic engineering (he invented the term), anti-matter, and other cutting-edge science. A renaissance man, Williamson is a master of fantasy and horror as well as science fiction. He lives in Portales, New Mexico.
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- PublisherUltramarine Pub Co
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0839825498
- ISBN 13 9780839825494
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages239
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Book Description Octavo, cloth. Later edition. Text offset from that of the 1949 Simon and Schuster edition. New introduction by F. M. Busby. Sequel to Williamson's famous SF horror story, "With Folded Hands" (ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, July 1947), first published as a three-part serial in ASF in 1948 as ". And Searching Mind." in which man, unfit to be the custodian of his technology, is placed in protective custody by his own mechanical creations who follow their prime directive: "To Serve and Obey, And Guard Men From Harm." John W. Campbell, editor of ASF "wanted a sequel in which the oppression of the humanoids was discovered to be liberation and that, apparently, was what Williamson gave him. But Williamson has said that his sense of the story led him to believe that the humanoids would master parapsychology, too, and that the message of the novel was that the perfect machine was perfectly destructive. But it is not plot alone that explains the power of 'With Folded Hands" and THE HUMANOIDS to move generations of readers, it is the image of the humanoids themselves -- these naked and beautiful perfect servants of humanity whose solicitude is deadly." - James Gunn, SURVEY, p. 985. On the other hand, the overly protective humanoids may be mankind's benefactors, forcing humans to transcend their limits and leave war, violence, and robots behind. Classic 1940s speculative pulp fiction and a fine early treatment of the singularity theme. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1257. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 237. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 981-85. In 333. Top edge of text block foxed, else a fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (#107267). Seller Inventory # 107267
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