The Immortality Option
There
are Things Robots were
Not Meant to Know . . .
The Taloids, the alien robots who inhabited Titan, Saturns largest Moon,
had succeeded in preserving their own freedom against both greedy humans
from Earth and their own home-grown despots, but now they have discovered
strange blocks of code, hidden for eons in Titans ancient computer banks.
Now, the code was beginning to activate, and neither human nor Taloid
could guess what would happen . . .
In the grand tradition of the classic super-science stories, but with
more exciting science and with better writing, too. What more can anyone
want? Isaac Asimov
[Hogan] once again demonstrates his veteran mastery! Publishers Weekly
. . . on the cutting edge of technology . . . Hogans talent carries the
reader from peak to peak in the story. Booklist
Cover art by David Mattingly
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Paperback
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and
events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real
people or incidents is purely coincidental.
First printing, October 2003
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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New York, NY 10020
Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN: 0-7434-7163-6
Copyright 1995 by James P. Hogan
All rights reserved, including the right to
reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
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Acknowledgment
This is to thank Hans Moravec of the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, for his help and fascinating thoughts on minds, machines, and where they could all be leading. And for some very enjoyable company.
Dedication
To June, Yvette, and Lucy
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