Who Can Replace a Man Author:Brian W. Aldiss Who Can Replace a Man?Science fiction short stories of Brian W. Aldiss... — Contents: — * Who Can Replace a Man? -The field-minder robot approached the seed distributor with a request for potato seeds. The distributor stated that it... more » could not fulfill the order, as the unlocker robot had not unlocked the warehouse. The unlocker robot stated that the radio robot had not provided orders. Upon questioning, the radio robot stated that it could not provide orders because no orders had come from the men of the city. Because all the men of the city were dead... The field-minder robot decided that perhaps it was time to venture somewhere new. Gathering several machines with similar class brains, they headed into the mountains. It would be better if men never returned...
* Not for an Age;
* Psyclops;
* Outside;
* Dumb Show;
* The New Father Christmas;
* Ahead;
* Poor Little Warrior!;
* Man on Bridge;
* The Impossible Star;
* Basis for Negotiation;
* Old Hundredth;
* A Kind of Artistry;
* Man in his Time.
First published in 1965 under title: Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss.
(Title short story originally called: But Who Can Replace A Man?)« less