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1 " They say older folks need less sleep, so I must not be old yet. "
― Paul Carlson , Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2012 December
2 " Sir Parsifal started in on a chocolate milkshake, which he really did not need. "
― Paul Carlson , Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2012
3 " Mek sat in the cab, doing some self-maintenance work. Instead of a verbal reply, I got a text message: SYLVATRONICS INDUSTRIAL UNIT A023 PROCESSING AN REINTEGRATION WILL BE COMPLETE IN 57 SECONDS. VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ABOUT 65 SECONDS.Oh well, I've caught rookie driving partners in the middle of all sorts of things. At least with robots you don't have to guess. "
4 " I want to support these people. The west has always been fairly colorblind, too.""Oh?" Mek prompted me for clarification."Our least prejudiced region." I shook the bag of cat chow. "Heck, I shouldn't have been afraid of those ladies being harsh on robots. They didn't worry about me dissing their lifestyle."I ended up explaining some more. "
5 " I leaned down in front of the shotgun seat and opened a fuse box. Plugged in a data cable, from the truck's computer across to one of Doll Box's modules. Straightened up, and in the mirror saw the gangbanger open the door of his low rider. Whoo boy! "
6 " Rahobot?" I looked from Ai-ling a.k.a. Alice's elfin Chinese features, to Stansfield Peter a.k.a. Pedro's stern WASP countenance, and wondered how they'd gotten on the mailing list. "Is that a Jewish outfit? "
