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Wow, what a story. As I sit here in the library reading my e-mail I had to
go find this on the shelf (Nebula Award Stories 1965). I am so glad I did.
Haven't enjoyed a short story so much in quite some time. This is the kind
of thing that makes you crazy, but has happened to all of us, just not in
such extremes.
-Teresa
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Palmer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 9:51 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SF-LIT
> Subject: Re: Computers in Fiction
>
> This post reminds me of another story, this one by Gordon R. Dickson,
> called
> Computers Don't Argue. It's a series of letters detailing the awful
> experiences of a man trying to return the wrong title sent to him by his
> book club. It's a scary cautionary tale about the lengths of screwing up
> to
> which computers can sometimes aspire. I don't know where to tell you to
> find it. I read it in the 1965 Nebula Award Stories edited by Damon
> Knight,
> and it originally appeared in the September '65 issue of Analog.
>
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<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Arial">Wow, what a story. As I =
sit here in the library reading my e-mail I had to go find this on the =
shelf (Nebula Award Stories 1965). I am so glad I did. =
Haven't enjoyed a short story so much in quite some time. This is =
the kind of thing that makes you crazy, but has happened to all of us, =
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<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Arial">-Teresa</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Arial">[log in to unmask]</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">This post reminds me of another story, =
this one by Gordon R. Dickson, called</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Computers Don't Argue. =
It's a series of letters detailing the awful</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">experiences of a man trying to return =
the wrong title sent to him by his</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">book club. It's a scary =
cautionary tale about the lengths of screwing up to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">which computers can sometimes =
aspire. I don't know where to tell you to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">find it. I read it in the 1965 =
Nebula Award Stories edited by Damon Knight,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">and it originally appeared in the =
September '65 issue of Analog.</FONT>
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