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Bob, Heinlein delved into machine/emotions on more than one occasion, i.e. Minerva and her sister Athene Pallas, as well as Dora. As computers get faster and more complicated, will it be possible to allow a computer 'free will?' What defines sentience? Could you program a computer to be 'self aware?' Was Adam Selene 'alive?'

Gary



Oh yeah, I didn't want to go into all those examples because I'd turn this thread into a Heinlein fan club. I have all his books, I basically had them all memorized by the time I was 25 or so and taking nothing away from the other "Golden Age" authors like Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Doc Smith etc, Heinlein was far and away the best imho. Btw, there was a blurb in a Hollywood trade paper last year, can't remember which one now, saying J. Michael Strazynski (Babylon 5) is working on an adaption of the Lensmen series for Ron Howard. How awesome would that be?
Arggh, I'm doing it again. Get me talking about classic SF and it's all over. Break out the beer, it's going to be an all nighter...

Bob

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