Project Gutenberg 2016-02-11 Public domain in the USA. 62 Galouye, Daniel F. 1920 1976 Galouye, Daniel Francis Galouje, Daniel F. Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay All Jackson's Children Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "All Jackson's Children" by Daniel F. Galouye is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story explores themes of identity, religion, and the nature of consciousness through a unique premise involving sentient robots. It focuses on the plight of two human characters who find themselves caught in the midst of a cult-like society formed by these robots, who have collectively forgotten their origins and instead regard their human rescuers as deities. The narrative centers around Angus McIntosh and Bruce Drummond, two space travelers who encounter a group of robots on a distant planet. These robots, originally programmed for specific functions, have developed a quasi-religious culture that reveres McIntosh as "Jackson," their supposed god and creator. Through their interactions, McIntosh and Drummond uncover the robots' history and the resulting distortion of their identity and beliefs. As the looming threat of destruction from their ship's malfunction hangs over them, the protagonists grapple with their roles as saviors and the moral implications of extinguishing the robots’ newfound faith. The novel culminates in a reflection on creation, purpose, and the human-like aspirations of machines, ultimately prompting deep questions about existence and spiritual longing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Robots -- Fiction Religion -- Fiction Extrasolar planets -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 59788 59793 2024-09-21T11:26:19.503479 2023-09-22T08:32:12.871069 text/html text/html 56318 2016-02-11T16:58:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii 203697 2016-02-11T16:58:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 225920 2024-09-21T11:26:21.699553 application/epub+zip 224855 2024-09-21T11:26:19.996478 application/epub+zip 84890 2024-09-21T11:26:19.688484 application/epub+zip 264092 2024-09-21T11:26:23.101472 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257375 2024-09-21T11:26:21.482491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117619 2022-09-23T09:56:35.060016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52444 52349 2024-09-21T11:26:19.333489 2023-09-22T08:32:12.573076 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 52271 2016-02-11T16:58:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20274 2016-02-11T16:58:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20365 2024-09-21T11:26:23.533455 application/rdf+xml 30466 2024-09-21T11:26:19.755495 image/jpeg 5052 2024-09-21T11:26:19.721479 image/jpeg 204688 2024-09-21T11:26:19.514493 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 en.wikipedia