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Let's Get Together
The story is set against the backdrop of a century-long Cold War stalemate. A secret agent arriving from Moscow warns the United States that the enemy has developed humanoid robots completely indistinguishable from humans. Ten of these robots have already infiltrated the United States, each carrying one component of a “Total Conversion Bomb” (TC bomb). Once assembled together, they will trigger a devastating explosion far more powerful than a nuclear bomb.
Bitcoin White Paper
We propose a solution to the double-spending problem using a peer-to-peer network. The network timestamps transactions by hashing them into an ongoing chain of hash-based proof-of-work, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-work.
The Last Question
Asimov thought that The Last Question, first copyrighted in 1956, was his best short story ever. Even if you do not have the background in science to be familiar with all of the concepts presented here, the ending packs more impact than any other book that I've ever read. Don't read the end of the story first!
The Pacifist
From Fantastic Universe, vol. 8, no. 3 (October 1956).Mr. Clarke returns to these pages with one of his inimitable "White Hart" stories, the truth about what happened when computer Karl von Clausewitz ran into the General who'd led a much too sheltered existence.
Fans of the novel *The Songs of Distant Earth*
Fans of Clarke's classic novel, The Songs of Distant Earth, gather here.
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The Nine Billion Names of God
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke.
Three Laws of Robotics
The Three Laws of Robotics are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, which were to be followed by robots in several of his stories. The rules were introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround" (included in the 1950 collection I, Robot), although similar restrictions had been implied in earlier stories.
On the Translation of Chinese Web Novels Abroad
The readers multiply in silence and in great numbers. Official reports speak of two hundred million active overseas souls drawn into this web, with some figures climbing toward three hundred and fifty million or more across two hundred countries.
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus（Chapter 19-24）
In the summer of 1816, Mary, Percy, and Claire took a trip to visit Claire's lover, Lord Byron, in Geneva. Poor weather conditions, more akin to winter, forced Byron and the visitors to stay indoors. Byron suggested that he, Mary, Percy, and Byron's physician, John Polidori, each try writing a ghost story.Mary was 20 years old when her novel Frankenstein was published.
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus（Chapter 13-18）
The novel was first published anonymously in 1818, and in 1831, a revised edition was published under Mary Shelley's name. This version included significant stylistic revisions, a new preface describing the story's conception, and a more explicitly moral tone.
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus（Chapter 6-12）
Frankenstein is one of the best-known works of English literature. Infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement, it has had a considerable influence on literature and on popular culture, spawning a complete genre of horror stories, films, and plays.
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus（Chapter 1-5）
Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 and staying in Bath, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus（Letter 1-4）
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from different body parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Chun / Difficulty at the Beginning
above K'AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER below CHêN THE AROUSING, THUNDER
K'un / The Receptive
The first hexagram is made up of six unbroken lines. These unbroken lines stand for the primal power, which is light-giving, active, strong, and of the spirit.
Records of the Proterozoic Era around the World
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