Project Gutenberg 2019-12-16 Public domain in the USA. 55 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 39335 39279 2024-11-25T07:34:12.789550 2023-09-26T07:22:31.748714 text/html text/html 35737 2019-12-16T10:49:48 text/html; charset=us-ascii 344824 2024-11-25T07:34:14.429382 application/epub+zip 343733 2024-11-25T07:34:13.141355 application/epub+zip 55408 2024-11-25T07:34:12.942384 application/epub+zip 372759 2024-11-25T07:34:15.593326 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365597 2024-11-25T07:34:14.231360 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 2024-11-25T07:34:15.714326 application/rdf+xml 14454 2024-11-25T07:34:13.012353 image/jpeg 2800 2024-11-25T07:34:12.977337 image/jpeg 387258 2024-11-25T07:34:12.800375 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