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Arm of the Law, by Harry Harrison
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Title: Arm of the Law
Author: Harry Harrison
Release Date: June 22, 2009 [EBook #29204]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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How could a robot--a machine, after all--be involved in something like law application and violence? Harry Harrison, who will be remembered for his THE VELVET GLOVE (Nov. 1956) and his more recent TRAINEE FOR MARS (June 1958) tells what happens when a police robot hits an outpost on Mars.
arm of the law
by ... Harry Harrison
At one time--this was before the Robot Restriction Laws--they'd even allowed them to make their own decisions....
It was a big, coffin-shaped plywood box that looked like it weighed a ton. This brawny type just dumped it through the door of the police station and started away. I looked up from the blotter and shouted at the trucker's vanishing back.
"What the hell is that?"
"How should I know?" he said as he swung up into the cab. "I just deliver, I don't X-ray 'em. It came on the morning rocket from earth is all I know." He gunned the truck more than he had to and threw up a billowing cloud of red dust.
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