Comments on: This APC, For One, Welcomes… https://nickm.com/post/2010/12/this-apc-for-one-welcomes/ Nick Montfort Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Spineless Books https://nickm.com/post/2010/12/this-apc-for-one-welcomes/comment-page-1/#comment-7702 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:09:21 +0000 http://nickm.com/post/?p=1256#comment-7702 Here is a list of where Riddle & Bind can be purchased from a robot – so far, Spineless Books has invaded three continents:

http://www.ondemandbooks.com/our_ebm_locations.htm.

]]> By: Post Position » Robot Prints and Binds Riddle & Bind https://nickm.com/post/2010/12/this-apc-for-one-welcomes/comment-page-1/#comment-7700 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:59:37 +0000 http://nickm.com/post/?p=1256#comment-7700 […] have the feeling that someone must have put in a good word for me. Comments […]

]]> By: USPSBOT12358 https://nickm.com/post/2010/12/this-apc-for-one-welcomes/comment-page-1/#comment-7697 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:12:21 +0000 http://nickm.com/post/?p=1256#comment-7697 Dear Mr. Montfort,

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Your Friend,

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]]> By: Victor Gijsbers https://nickm.com/post/2010/12/this-apc-for-one-welcomes/comment-page-1/#comment-7692 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:38:59 +0000 http://nickm.com/post/?p=1256#comment-7692 That is exactly what I wanted to post. :)

]]> By: Victoria Welby https://nickm.com/post/2010/12/this-apc-for-one-welcomes/comment-page-1/#comment-7690 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:24:02 +0000 http://nickm.com/post/?p=1256#comment-7690 “Listen,” said Ford, who was still engrossed in the sales brochure, “they make a big thing of the ship’s cybernetics. A new generation of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation robots and computers, with the new GPP feature.”

“GPP feature?” said Arthur. “What’s that?”

“Oh, it says Genuine People Personalities.”

“Oh,” said Arthur, “sounds ghastly.”

A voice behind them said, “It is.” The voice was low and hopeless and accompanied by a slight clanking sound. They span round and saw an abject steel man standing hunched in the doorway.

“What?” they said.

“Ghastly,” continued Marvin, “it all is. Absolutely ghastly. Just don’t even talk about it. Look at this door,” he said, stepping through it. The irony circuits cut into his voice modulator as he mimicked the style of the sales brochure. “All the doors in this spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.”

As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed have a satisfied sigh-like quality to it. “Hummmmmmmyummmmmmm ah!” it said.

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