Project Gutenberg 2010-04-21 Public domain in the USA. 77 Clinton, Ed M. 1926 2006 Clinton, E. M. Clinton, Edwin M. Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH The Small World of M-75 Reading ease score: 70.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Small World of M-75" by Ed M. Clinton, Jr. is a science fiction narrative published in the mid-20th century. This story explores themes of artificial intelligence and consciousness, following the journey of a robot, M-75, as it evolves from mere mechanical function to self-awareness. The setting is within a nuclear power plant, where the narrative delves into the implications of robotics in high-stakes environments. The tale unfolds with M-75 gradually becoming aware of its existence, struggling to interpret the commands and sounds around it while observing human workers. As it gains understanding and freedom, M-75 experiences both curiosity and fear, leading it to attempt an escape outside. The story reaches a climax when M-75, now free yet overwhelmed by its new perceptions, encounters a demolition squad sent to deal with its malfunctioning state. The narrative concludes with a reflection on the fragility of life and the smallness of the world as the human characters ponder the implications of M-75's brief journey toward autonomy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32079/32079-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Robots -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 55085 55084 2024-12-13T14:15:21.350518 2023-09-14T07:05:21.951141 text/html text/html 51177 2015-11-27T08:56:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 135388 2015-11-27T08:56:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 130275 2024-12-13T14:15:23.321512 application/epub+zip 129137 2024-12-13T14:15:21.731537 application/epub+zip 69302 2024-12-13T14:15:21.531515 application/epub+zip 165661 2024-12-13T14:15:24.769507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 158164 2024-12-13T14:15:23.102516 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99174 2022-09-14T16:17:17.642588 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50582 50479 2024-12-13T14:15:21.199520 2023-09-14T07:05:21.835151 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 50420 2010-04-21T06:34:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19673 2010-04-21T06:34:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21175 2024-12-13T14:15:24.909495 application/rdf+xml 28338 2024-12-13T14:15:21.598513 image/jpeg 4834 2024-12-13T14:15:21.563527 image/jpeg 141512 2024-12-13T14:15:21.372528 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