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The Humanoid Touch

Jack Williamson

3.6/5 ( ratings)

HUMANOIDS: Self-directed robots invented to serve & guard mankind
"With Folded Hands" is a 1947 sf novelette by Jack Williamson . His influence for this story was in the aftermath of WWII & the atomic bombings of Japan & his concern that "some of the technological creations we had developed with the best intentions might have disastrous consequences in the long run." The story was followed by a novel-length rewrite, with a different setting & inventor. This, serialized as ...& Searching Mind, was finally published as The Humanoids . He followed with a sequel, The Humanoid Touch, published in 1980.

Language: English

Pages: 210

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston (NYC)

Release: October 01, 1980

ISBN: 0030560527

ISBN 13: 9780030560521

The Humanoid Touch

Jack Williamson

3.6/5 ( ratings)

HUMANOIDS: Self-directed robots invented to serve & guard mankind
"With Folded Hands" is a 1947 sf novelette by Jack Williamson . His influence for this story was in the aftermath of WWII & the atomic bombings of Japan & his concern that "some of the technological creations we had developed with the best intentions might have disastrous consequences in the long run." The story was followed by a novel-length rewrite, with a different setting & inventor. This, serialized as ...& Searching Mind, was finally published as The Humanoids . He followed with a sequel, The Humanoid Touch, published in 1980.

Language: English

Pages: 210

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston (NYC)

Release: October 01, 1980

ISBN: 0030560527

ISBN 13: 9780030560521

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