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"...science fiction is sort of like a sociological genome. It's a huge range of possible futures, most of them useless; some vital. You never really know in advance."
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An owner-coach has this sort of experience at ringside:
Charlie shot the stool into the ring and went through the ropes. Tanker dropped like a chunk of hot lead onto the stool.
“How do you feel, boy? How do you feel?” prompted Charlie, pumping the cooling-fluid into Tanker’s insides.
“Hot,” rasped the Tanker. “Hot as hell.”
“Want me to throw in the towel?” asked Charlie, working fast, working the pump up and down quickly.
“No, goddamit..."
By the end of the twenty-seventh. Tanker came back to his corner lame. The Champ had dented his forehead.
“How is it?” asked Charlie Jingle.
“Fine,” said Tanker thickly. “It’s fine.” There was a slur to his voice, which tipped off what was beginning to happen. Tanker’s co-ordination system had been damaged...
Compare to the Rolem wrestling robot sparring partner from This Immortal, by Roger Zelazny, published by Ace Science Fiction in 1966. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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