![]() She has most of the powers of a real wolf and an IQ I would estimate at 140 or so. In theory she is the property of the human family. She wears clothes and has normal human modesty, and grew up in a household of humans, first as a pet then as - well, as an intelligent dog, then as a sibling. Bernard) who was not her biological mother, and developing opposable thumbs, human speech, and the ability to walk on her hind legs although she runs much faster on all four legs. This situation can be exploited by certain unscrupulous bureaucrats.Īnd into this mix comes Florence, a Bowman’s Wolf, an artificially intelligent product of genetic manipulation, a genetic mixture of red wolf, dog and human genes with programming for artificial intelligence, born of a dog (St. The robots are highly intelligent and competent, but they are programmed to obey most human direct orders, and are very protective of humans. The graphic novel - it has become as long as one - has as its premise that mankind has settled planets other than earth, and on one of them there is a population of a small number of humans and tens of millions of robots, all pretty well subject to Asimov’s three laws, only a lot of that is in my judgment better thought out than Isaac did. ![]() And you should not see them before reading the rest of the story leading up to now. Alas, it really will involve some time because it is a serial story, and the current panels are shocking - that is, they have a total surprise that I do not think many readers saw coming. If you are not a fan of Freefall …100/fv00001.htm you ought to be. I wrote this for another conference, but it occurs to me that while I have mentioned Freefall here before, it has been a while: Unless, of course, you’re the kind who reads the last chapter of a mystery first, which is fine as well. There is great value in working up to the current storyline climax, and not spoiling it. WARNING: If you decide to check out the strip before reading Pournelle’s review, start here. ![]() I found a link to this article by Jerry Pournelle at the Freefall discussion forum, and was so impressed I felt I needed to share it. I’ve mentioned Mark Stanley’s Freefall webcomic several times in this blog (just do a search, you’ll find the articles, but here’s one of my favorites). ![]()
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