item: #1 of 32
          id: 22466
      author: DeKy, Thornton
       title: The Ultimate Experiment
        date: None
       words: 1463
      flesch: 78
     summary: No one lived here now, but Kiron and his kind. And, so thought Kiron to himself, he might as well be a great unthinking robot able to do only one thing instead of the mental giant he was, so obsessed had he become with the task he had set himself to do.
    keywords: city; kiron; masters
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        item: #2 of 32
          id: 22512
      author: Merliss, Reuben (Reuben Robert)
       title: The Stutterer
        date: None
       words: 10356
      flesch: 90
     summary: He had accomplished his mission; its results now lay in the opinions of men. But they had not, and he could not find a way to tell this cold old man of what he had learned about the robots and their unity with men.
    keywords: boy; chief; desk; door; earth; grismet; hall; head; jordan; man; permallium; sheriff; ship; time
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        item: #3 of 32
          id: 27921
      author: Knight, David C.
       title: The Love of Frank Nineteen
        date: None
       words: 7266
      flesch: 87
     summary: The movie producers had talked about hiring her as Frank's leading lady until they found out about a new line of female robots that had just gone on the market. Calls himself Frank Nineteen, said Min, pointing to the smooth Palmer Method signature.
    keywords: darling; elizabeth; frank; girl; mech; min; nineteen; planets; right; robot; servo; time
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        item: #4 of 32
          id: 28892
      author: Smith, George H. (George Henry)
       title: Benefactor
        date: None
       words: 936
      flesch: 87
     summary: That mob outside is made up of madmen, Jacob Clark told his young assistant, Bill Towney. _We can anticipate that robots will be fiercely resented, at first, in a society that will see them as the latest--and an indestructible--widespread threat to the workers whom they will replace.
    keywords: clark; robots
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        item: #5 of 32
          id: 29204
      author: Harrison, Harry
       title: Arm of the Law
        date: None
       words: 6952
      flesch: 94
     summary: I know a robot can't be happy or sad--but Ned _seems_ to be happy. We watched Ned sweep and polish until the station began to take on a positively antiseptic look.
    keywords: chief; china; door; good; joe; look; ned; police; robot; time
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        item: #6 of 32
          id: 29317
      author: Thiessen, V. E.
       title: There Will Be School Tomorrow
        date: None
       words: 3252
      flesch: 92
     summary: All the kids were fed and sent to school by robots. The other robots had begun to walk out into the town, and as they walked the robots walked from other schools, in other towns.
    keywords: children; home; johnny; robots; school
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        item: #7 of 32
          id: 29446
      author: Sheckley, Robert
       title: Beside Still Waters
        date: None
       words: 1447
      flesch: 94
     summary: Mark began to tape new responses into Charles. In time, Mark built more complicated conversations into Charles.
    keywords: charles; mark
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        item: #8 of 32
          id: 29471
      author: Harrison, Harry
       title: The Velvet Glove
        date: None
       words: 8037
      flesch: 88
     summary: In fact, all over the country it was bad for robots.... Jon Venex fitted the key into the hotel room door. Jon Venex!
    keywords: coleman; desk; door; hand; head; job; jon; leg; robot; room; time; venex; voice
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        item: #9 of 32
          id: 29976
      author: Burton, Russell
       title: Weak on Square Roots
        date: None
       words: 2798
      flesch: 87
     summary: After the crate had been placed lengthwise in the rear of the station wagon, Corinne watched Ronald tuck a blanket around it. Long after Corinne had retired that night she heard Ronald pounding with a brass hammer down in his den.
    keywords: box; corinne; pascal; ronald; room
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        item: #10 of 32
          id: 30371
      author: Fontenay, Charles L.
       title: Service with a Smile
        date: None
       words: 1216
      flesch: 86
     summary: BY CHARLES L. FONTENAY Herbert bowed with a muted clank--indicating he probably needed oiling somewhere--and presented Alice with a perfect martini on a silver tray. It's a good martini, Herbert, said Alice.
    keywords: alice; herbert
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        item: #11 of 32
          id: 31038
      author: Stuart, William W.
       title: The Real Hard Sell
        date: None
       words: 5669
      flesch: 93
     summary: Books, Ben boy. William W. Stuart Ben Tilman sat down in the easiest of all easy chairs.
    keywords: ben; bennie; betty; man; nana; sales; sell; tilman
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        item: #12 of 32
          id: 31364
      author: Stearns, Charles A.
       title: B-12's Moon Glow
        date: None
       words: 6249
      flesch: 89
     summary: * * Senator Langley was distinguished. An idea which led to the discovery of Moon Glow.
    keywords: glow; jon; langley; metal; moon; ms-33; people; phobos
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        item: #13 of 32
          id: 31611
      author: Wolf, Mari
       title: Robots of the World! Arise!
        date: None
       words: 6894
      flesch: 94
     summary: The sergeant climbed out, walked down the street toward a large group of waiting robots--about twenty of them, this time. If they want to discuss wages and contracts and working conditions, like other men have, we'll consider it.
    keywords: androids; city; jack; jerry; morrison; robots; time; work
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        item: #14 of 32
          id: 32032
      author: Dick, Philip K.
       title: Second Variety
        date: None
       words: 15628
      flesch: 99
     summary: Tasso said to Hendricks. Hendricks made his way forward slowly, waving Tasso and Klaus back.
    keywords: ash; bunker; claws; david; eyes; hendricks; klaus; right; rudi; russian; tasso; way
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        item: #15 of 32
          id: 32079
      author: Clinton, Ed M.
       title: The Small World of M-75
        date: None
       words: 5024
      flesch: 78
     summary: Abruptly, then, the voice came again, and he struggled to file for future reference sound patterns which, although meaningless to him, his selector circuits no longer disregarded. * * * Bert Sokolski signed the morning report and dropped it into the transmitter.
    keywords: board; door; gaines; m-75; men; room; sokolski; sounds
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        item: #16 of 32
          id: 32327
      author: Sohl, Jerry
       title: The Seventh Order
        date: None
       words: 6334
      flesch: 85
     summary: They were going to talk appeasement, George knew, but he could also see that the general didn't know what line the conversation would take or what concessions he could make on behalf of his people. How-- Professor Tomlin, my name--and I see I must have a name--is, let us say, George.
    keywords: george; humanoid; man; men; order; prof; professor; robot; tomlin
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        item: #17 of 32
          id: 32636
      author: Boyd, Waldo T.
       title: The Salesman
        date: None
       words: 1083
      flesch: 84
     summary: Anson quickly practiced his most beguiling smile. Aggressive type, Anson decided.
    keywords: anson; rule
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        item: #18 of 32
          id: 32828
      author: Marks, Winston K. (Winston Kinney)
       title: Backlash
        date: None
       words: 9368
      flesch: 83
     summary: You say a Soth is strong. Your wife would find Soth most useful, I am quite certain.
    keywords: arms; course; eyes; face; fred; hands; head; home; johnson; ollie; plant; room; run; soth; vicki; work
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        item: #19 of 32
          id: 48513
      author: Garrett, Randall
       title: His Master's Voice
        date: None
       words: 16763
      flesch: 88
     summary: In a sense, then, the meteor is capable of giving McGuire orders, and you aren't. Problems like that are the sort of thing that any simple-minded computer can solve in a fraction of a second if they're reduced to binary notation first, but poor McGuire had to do his own mathematical interpretations from English, and the things got more complicated as they went along.
    keywords: brentwood; ceres; earth; felder; good; man; mcguire; oak; orders; ravenhurst; right; robot; sir; time; videnski; voice; way
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        item: #20 of 32
          id: 50819
      author: Leiber, Fritz
       title: A Bad Day for Sales
        date: None
       words: 2360
      flesch: 91
     summary: It was amusing to see the TV and newspaper coverage of Robie selling, but not a fraction as much fun as being approached personally by him. At this age-level, Robie's reference silhouettes permitted him to distinguish sex, though with occasional amusing and embarrassing miscalls.
    keywords: crowd; girl; lop; polly; robie
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        item: #21 of 32
          id: 50827
      author: Shaara, Michael
       title: Orphans of the Void
        date: None
       words: 7184
      flesch: 85
     summary: Nothing alive but robots, he thought, _robots_. But could a bunch of robots be called a race?
    keywords: ball; makers; planet; robots; ship; steffens; years
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        item: #22 of 32
          id: 51185
      author: Galouye, Daniel F.
       title: All Jackson's Children
        date: None
       words: 5302
      flesch: 88
     summary: Drummond, following hesitantly, shook his head. Oh, Drummond said comprehendingly, stumbling to keep pace.
    keywords: angus; clunkers; drummond; jackson; mcintosh; robots; ship; supervisor
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        item: #23 of 32
          id: 51194
      author: Gault, William Campbell
       title: Made to Measure
        date: None
       words: 7223
      flesch: 92
     summary: I was thinking of you as my boyhood chum, good old Joe. Joe discovered that Sam Tullgren, Director of the Domestic Center, had thought of everything to make reconciliations complete.
    keywords: alice; burke; chief; course; human; joe; sam; vera; wife
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        item: #24 of 32
          id: 51321
      author: Nourse, Alan Edward
       title: Prime Difference
        date: None
       words: 5202
      flesch: 92
     summary: I must say I felt a little guilty, leaving poor old George Prime to cope with Marge all the time--he looked and acted so human, it was easy to forget that he literally couldn't care less. Marge Prime makes Jeree and Sybil and Dorothy and Dawn and Jane and Ruby all look pretty sad by comparison.
    keywords: george; george prime; marge; night; prime; time; workshop
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        item: #25 of 32
          id: 51362
      author: Haggert, W. T.
       title: Lex
        date: None
       words: 7891
      flesch: 84
     summary: Or are you one of these birds that had the shot paid for him? I worked my way through, said Peter stiffly. Clay, at the Association of Professional Engineers, who had set up the appointment, hadn't eased Peter's nervousness by admitting, I don't know what in hell he's looking for.
    keywords: door; lexington; machine; man; materials; peter; things; time; voice; way
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        item: #26 of 32
          id: 59558
      author: Boren, Sol
       title: Your Servant, Sir
        date: None
       words: 4053
      flesch: 82
     summary: The words pierced Raymond's skull, exploded and splattered within. The dreaded ultimatum had at last been carried out, and Raymond felt helpless, numbed.
    keywords: android; doctor; man; raymond; sir
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        item: #27 of 32
          id: 60024
      author: Giunta, Aldo
       title: Jingle in the Jungle
        date: None
       words: 12360
      flesch: 92
     summary: Famous.... Nobody had called Charlie Jingle mister for ten years. Is that true, Charlie-mo? Charlie Jingle shrugged.
    keywords: bell; charlie; charlie jingle; commissioner; face; fight; fighting; head; inc; jingle; man; rabbit; ring; tanker; way
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        item: #28 of 32
          id: 60939
      author: Grenville, Scott F.
       title: Superjoemulloy
        date: None
       words: 2200
      flesch: 77
     summary: Finally, when Joe Mulloy was fifteen years old, the local Board of Education wisely decided to end Joe's formal education, rather than make screaming meemies an occupational disease at the local high school. Joe asked the super-robot.
    keywords: joe; mulloy; robot
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        item: #29 of 32
          id: 61540
      author: Boucher, Anthony
       title: Robinc
        date: None
       words: 6988
      flesch: 88
     summary: Once people understand what usuform robots can do for them-- I'm afraid, Mr. Quinby, it's you who don't quite understand. The blood stream, to carry on your own metaphor, is tainted; we want fresh blood, and Mr. Quinby provides it.
    keywords: android; grew; head; people; quinby; robinc; robots; things; usuform
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        item: #30 of 32
          id: 62043
      author: Lewis, Richard O.
       title: Zurk
        date: None
       words: 6247
      flesch: 93
     summary: Soon there would be other black ships. Other black ships were coming.
    keywords: eyes; gun; guyard; marene; zuldi; zurk
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        item: #31 of 32
          id: 63616
      author: Haley, A. L.
       title: Hagerty's Enzymes
        date: None
       words: 4993
      flesch: 89
     summary: Harper Breen sank down gingerly into the new Relaxo-Lounge. Harper tried to let go of everything.
    keywords: clerk; desk; harper; man; right; robots; room; scribney
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        item: #32 of 32
          id: 7506
      author: Ellis, Edward Sylvester
       title: The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies
        date: None
       words: 30108
      flesch: 80
     summary: Can yer steam man walk over that?' 'Certainly not; but we can remove them.' Had the bull come in collision with the horse or man while in that mood he would have made short work of him.
    keywords: baldy; boy; brainerd; chapter; danger; head; hunter; indians; johnny; man; mickey; place; prairie; ravine; run; steam; steam man; thar; time; trapper; wagon; way; yer
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