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"We were essentially being shell-shocked by rapid change. That was one of the things you needed science-fiction writers for back in the Sixties, because we could cope with the future."
- Peter Watts
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| Robocop | ||
| A robotic police officer. |
As far as I know, this is the first use of this word.
| If a robocop should see the old woman talking to him, it might register his name, and that would be his end at Memorial. |
| Technovelgy from Wanted in Surgery,
by Harlan Ellison. Published by IF Worlds of Science Fiction in 1957 Additional resources -
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Compare to the police experimental robot from Arm of the Law (1958) by Harry Harrison.
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