RANDALL GARRETT |
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| When a super-robot named Snookums discovers how to build his |
| own superbombs, it becomes obvious that Earth is by no means |
| the safest place for him to be. And so Dr. Fitzhugh, his |
| designer, and Leda Crannon, a child psychologist acting as |
| Snookums' nursemaid, agree to set up Operation Brainchild, a |
| plan to transport the robot to a far distant planet. |
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| Mike the Angel--M. R. Gabriel, Power Design--has devised the |
| power plant that is to propel the space ship _Branchell_ to |
| its secret destination, complete with its unusual cargo. |
| And, as a reserve officer in the Space Patrol, Mike is a |
| logical replacement for the craft's unavoidably detained |
| engineering officer. |
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| But once into space, the _Branchell_ becomes the scene of |
| some frightening events--the medical officer is murdered, |
| and Snookums appears to be the culprit. Mike the Angel |
| indulges himself in a bit of sleuthing, and the facts he |
| turns up lead to a most unusual climax. |
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| UNWISE CHILD |
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| RANDALL GARRETT |
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| Dr. Fitzhugh looked out over the faces of the crewmen. |
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| "The whole thing can be summed up very quickly," he said. |
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| "Point one: Snookums' brain contains the information that |
| eight years of hard work have laboriously put into it. It's |
| worth _billions_, so the robot can't be disassembled, or the |
| information would be lost. |
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| "Point two: Snookums' mind is a strictly logic