His Master's Voice
His Master's Voice
The problem with owning a robot spaceship that refuses to obey anyone else is this: everyone wants a piece of you. When Jim McGyer built a ship that developed too much personality, he became its unwilling master and the most dangerous man in the solar system. Rival corporations want McGyer destroyed. The company that owns it wants Jim on a leash. And the ship itself has developed some very firm opinions about who deserves to give it orders. The only thing standing between Jim and a sudden, violent end is a malfunctioning robot that treats him like family. Garrett spins this premise into a sharp, uncomfortable question: what makes someone human? Flesh and blood, or something harder to define? The Three Laws of robotics have never been this funny or this probing. If you've ever wondered whether a sufficiently advanced machine might have more claim to humanity than its creators, this is your story.
X-Ray
