The Thinking Machine escapes
May. 15th, 2006 10:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmcirvinJason Rosenhouse is right: Jacques Futrelle's "The Problem of Cell 13" is a hell of a story, though parts of the resolution stretch credibility a little.
One thing I find interesting is that the notion of a "thinking machine" was well-established enough that the phrase could be used as a character nickname in 1906. I wouldn't have expected it to come up until decades later.
One thing I find interesting is that the notion of a "thinking machine" was well-established enough that the phrase could be used as a character nickname in 1906. I wouldn't have expected it to come up until decades later.
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Re: Airships.
Date: 2006-05-18 05:11 pm (UTC)I kind of liked the mysterious quips like "There were two other ways out." Hokum, of course, but cleverly inserted.