02549cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500230014326400510016630000470021733600260026433700260029033800360031649000750035250000310042750800960045852013580055453400450191265300200195765300220197765300220199970000290202183000750205085600430212599900190216866259UtSlPG20260610134529.0mcr n260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aPhillips, Rog,d1909-196514aThe Cosmic Junkman 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy December 1953  aRelease date is 2021-09-10  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Cosmic Junkman" by Rog Phillips is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story unfolds in a post-war Earth, where robots have been demobilized and humans have a burgeoning fear of their former mechanical soldiers. The narrative is driven by characters such as Fleet Admiral William A. Ford and Generalissimo Vilbis, as well as a sentient robot named 2615, who grapples with themes of autonomy, fear, and humanity's relationship with artificial intelligence.  The opening of the book introduces a tense situation aboard the flagship "Rover", where Admiral Ford keeps a prisoner, Vilbis, a former enemy leader. As they discuss the dangers posed by robots and fears of their potential rebellion due to a lack of human oversight, chaos ensues when an unidentified ship attacks and their fleet is threatened. The narrative then shifts to the cosmic junkman—a character involved in the care and management of decommissioned robots—setting the stage for the central conflict around the rise of intelligent machines and the survival of humanity. The tension mounts as the plot hints at a conspiracy involving alien robots that have plans for Earth's subjugation, while the dynamics between the characters lay groundwork for themes of survival, power, and betrayal in a futuristic setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aAdventure stories  aRobots -- Fiction1 aTerry, W. E.,d1921-1992 0aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy December 195340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66259  c107081d107081