They’d Rather Be Right (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Clifton, Frank Riley
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—technocratic
- Time of Work: 1985
- Setting: San Francisco, California
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Extrasensory perception or powers, Science or scientists, 1980’s, California, West, U.S., Mental illness, San Francisco, Pacific Northwest, Artificial intelligence
- Locales: San Francisco, CA
The Plot
Development of a computer capable of simulating human thought brings a public outcry against it. The protagonists are Professor Billings and Professor Hoskins, who were the principal inventors, and Joe Carter, Billings’ assistant, who is a telepath. Joe not only can receive thoughts but also can receive and transmit feelings, both mental and physical. Joe rescues the two professors and the disassembled computer (named Bossy for its resemblance to a cow) from a San Francisco train station by tricking three agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation into abandoning...
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