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| Penguin SF paperback, 1967. Cover design by Alan Aldridge. |
"Asher Sutton has a book in his hands - a book that would change the history of the galaxy, a book by himself...that he had never written. Or had he? Or would he? Simak traces this dazzling paradox along paths of terror and through times past, present and far into the distant future..."
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| Penguin SF paperback, 1967. Cover design by Alan Aldridge. |
"PROBLEM - to build a complete human consciousness out of computer hardware and desperation! By the author of DRAGON IN THE SEA and DUNE.
Soon after the start, they went mad. The three powerful, disembodied human brains that should have guided them for the 200-year journey to Tau Ceti. Could they manufacture a replacement before emerging from the Solar System into nothingness? Would the circuits reproduce the characteristics they needed, characteristics like conscience, love and guilt? Or would they end up with a zombie? A monster? A power-crazy fanatic? - or a genius? What they did build was fantastic, unguessable. Yet, looking back, it was always on the cards."
