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100 1 _aGalouye, Daniel F.,
_d1920-1976
245 1 0 _aAll Jackson's Children
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1957
500 _aRelease date is 2016-02-11
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"All Jackson's Children" by Daniel F. Galouye is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story explores themes of identity, religion, and the nature of consciousness through a unique premise involving sentient robots. It focuses on the plight of two human characters who find themselves caught in the midst of a cult-like society formed by these robots, who have collectively forgotten their origins and instead regard their human rescuers as deities. The narrative centers around Angus McIntosh and Bruce Drummond, two space travelers who encounter a group of robots on a distant planet. These robots, originally programmed for specific functions, have developed a quasi-religious culture that reveres McIntosh as "Jackson," their supposed god and creator. Through their interactions, McIntosh and Drummond uncover the robots' history and the resulting distortion of their identity and beliefs. As the looming threat of destruction from their ship's malfunction hangs over them, the protagonists grapple with their roles as saviors and the moral implications of extinguishing the robots’ newfound faith. The novel culminates in a reflection on creation, purpose, and the human-like aspirations of machines, ultimately prompting deep questions about existence and spiritual longing. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aRobots -- Fiction
653 _aReligion -- Fiction
653 _aExtrasolar planets -- Fiction
700 1 _aFinlay, Virgil,
_d1914-1971
830 0 _aProduced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1957
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51185
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