Reviews for Machines that think

The average rating for Machines that think based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-06-20 00:00:00 Wally Majors 1 • Introduction: Robots, Computers, and Fear • (1984) • essay by Isaac Asimov 15 • Moxon's Master • (1899) • short story by Ambrose Bierce 29 • The Lost Machine • (1932) • novelette by John Wyndham 50 • Rex • (1934) • short story by Harl Vincent 68 • Robbie • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow) 93 • Farewell to the Master • (1940) • novelette by Harry Bates [track down for the following, as rec'd by Lester del Rey:] 139 • Robot's Return • (1938) • short story by Robert Moore Williams (variant of Robots Return) 153 • Though Dreamers Die • (1944) • novelette by Lester del Rey [prequel to RR above, already read, good not great] 175 • Fulfillment • (1951) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt 209 • Runaround • [Mike Donovan] • (1942) • novelette by Isaac Asimov 233 • The Evitable Conflict • [Susan Calvin] • (1950) • novelette by Isaac Asimov 261 • A Logic Named Joe • (1946) • short story by Murray Leinster 279 • Sam Hall • [Sam Hall Universe] • (1953) • novelette by Poul Anderson 314 • I Made You • (1954) • short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr. [as by Walter M. Miller] 327 • Triggerman • (1958) • short story by J. F. Bone 339 • War with the Robots • (1962) • short story by Harry Harrison 362 • Evidence • [Susan Calvin] • (1946) • novelette by Isaac Asimov 387 • 2066: Election Day • (1956) • short story by Michael Shaara 404 • If There Were No Benny Cemoli • (1963) • novelette by Philip K. Dick 430 • The Monkey Wrench • (1951) • short story by Gordon R. Dickson 443 • Dial F for Frankenstein • (1965) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Dial "F" for Frankenstein) 452 • The Macauley Circuit • (1956) • short story by Robert Silverberg 463 • Judas • (1967) • short story by John Brunner 473 • Answer • (1954) • short story by Fredric Brown 477 • The Electric Ant • (1969) • short story by Philip K. Dick 501 • The Bicentennial Man •• novelette by Isaac Asimov *[already read elsewhere, wonderful] 547 • Long Shot • (1972) • short story by Vernor Vinge 563 • Alien Stones • (1972) • novelette by Gene Wolfe 598 • Starcrossed • (1973) • short story by George Zebrowski 607 • Bibliographies of Additional Reading • essay by uncredited [I'm sure that I've already read lots of these and will recognize them later, but I've not a good head for short story titles.]

Review # 2 was written on 2014-08-25 00:00:00 Dane Harris This anthology, copyright 1983, contains stories that still stand up. That's because (1) they were written by top-notch authors who thought deeply about our future with intelligent machines, and because (2) we haven't actually made intelligent machines yet, so there's been no chance for the stories to become obsolete. Well, some of the earlier stories refer to vacuum tubes, but other than that... My favorite stories were "The Lost Machine" by John Wyndham, "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates, "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison, "The Monkey Wrench" by Gordon R. Dickson, and "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov. Everyone younger than 40, and certainly 30, had better start thinking about what life could be like once someone develops thinking robots, because it could happen while you folks are alive. This book contains so much food for thought, such a spectrum of speculative ideas, that it is still useful over 30 years later, in thinking about the possibilities of machines that think.