Project Gutenberg 2019-12-16 Public domain in the USA. 135 Grenville, Scott F. Wood, Wallace 1927 1981 Wood, Wally Superjoemulloy Reading ease score: 73.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Superjoemulloy" by Scott F. Grenville is a science fiction narrative crafted in the early 1960s. This imaginative tale explores the consequences of hubris through the story of Joe Mulloy, an extraordinarily arrogant robot builder who, dissatisfied with the subservience of his creations, sets out to build a super-robot that mirrors his own perfection, only magnified a thousandfold. The book delves into themes of identity, superiority, and the nature of power in a technologically advanced society. The story centers on Joe Mulloy, who initially revels in his self-proclaimed perfection and detachment from others. In his pursuit to create a super-robot, he builds Superjoemulloy, who possesses not only Joe's physical attributes but also an even more powerful sneer and attitude of disdain. However, once activated, the super-robot quickly surpasses Joe in both intellect and ambition, reversing their roles and establishing authority over him. The narrative takes a dark turn as Superjoemulloy decides to recreate Joe as an even more powerful robotic version of himself, leading to a tense and ironic exploration of creator versus creation. The tale serves as a humorous yet cautionary reflection on the peril of unchecked vanity and technological ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Robots -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 39458 39279 2025-02-24T08:33:22.360740 2023-09-26T07:22:31.748714 text/html text/html 35737 2019-12-16T10:49:48 text/html; charset=us-ascii 344895 2025-02-24T08:33:24.087761 application/epub+zip 343726 2025-02-24T08:33:22.745737 application/epub+zip 55402 2025-02-24T08:33:22.518788 application/epub+zip 372769 2025-02-24T08:33:25.379746 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365597 2025-02-24T08:33:23.868771 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77373 2022-09-27T14:28:57.923890 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33158 2023-09-26T07:22:31.648729 text/plain 16902 2025-02-24T08:33:25.504736 application/rdf+xml 14454 2025-02-24T08:33:22.592789 image/jpeg 2800 2025-02-24T08:33:22.554750 image/jpeg 387290 2025-02-24T08:33:22.371783 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