Project Gutenberg 2009-06-22 Public domain in the USA. 107 Harrison, Harry 1925 2012 Dempsey, Henry Maxwell Harrison, Henry Maxwell Arm of the Law Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Arm of the Law" by Harry Harrison is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story explores the themes of law enforcement and robotics, centered around a futuristic police force on Mars where the introduction of a highly advanced police robot, named Ned, disrupts the usual course of human policing. The narrative addresses the implications of machine involvement in law and order, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges that arise when artificial intelligence intersects with law enforcement. The plot follows a lone officer in the small Martian outpost of Nineport, where he encounters Ned, the experimental police robot. Initially employed as a janitor, Ned quickly proves himself capable in active duty when a routine robbery escalates into violence, leading to his significant role in the capture of criminals, including a notorious mobster named China Joe. As the story unfolds, the protagonist grapples with the moral and practical implications of having a robot take on a police officer's role, especially as tensions rise within the criminal underbelly and leadership dynamics in Nineport shift dramatically. Ultimately, the novel raises questions about the nature of justice and the evolving role of technology in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Robots -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 63990 63999 2024-09-12T13:19:27.494593 2023-09-13T05:39:14.670696 text/html text/html 60143 2021-01-05T05:47:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 145036 2021-01-05T05:47:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 187140 2024-09-12T13:19:31.739580 application/epub+zip 185728 2024-09-12T13:19:29.623577 application/epub+zip 65332 2024-09-12T13:19:27.909579 application/epub+zip 245850 2024-09-12T13:19:33.406561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237520 2024-09-12T13:19:31.253574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118310 2022-09-13T14:01:16.439094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56618 56517 2024-09-12T13:19:27.176570 2023-09-13T05:39:14.466688 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 56491 2021-01-05T05:47:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22577 2021-01-05T05:47:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19393 2024-09-12T13:19:33.537592 application/rdf+xml 10295 2024-09-12T13:19:29.231580 image/jpeg 3038 2024-09-12T13:19:29.061583 image/jpeg 186686 2024-09-12T13:19:27.507598 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia