1 CHALLENGER 42 Spring 2019 Guy H. Lillian III and Rose-Marie Lillian, editors 1390 Holly Avenue, Merritt Island FL 32952
[email protected] * 318-218-2345 GHLIII Press Publication #1252 CONTENTS The Challenger Welcome / Where it All Began: Thinking Machines GHLIII 3 Forget the Flying Cars, Where Is My Rosie? Rose-Marie Lillian 6 Metal Fever Andrew Hooper 8 Robotics – Past, Present and Future Derrick Houston 11 The Man Who Named the Robots Steven Silver 14 The Robot I Love Christopher Garcia 16 A.I. GHLIII (art: Charlie Williams) 18 Dōmo Arigatō, Mr. Roboto Rich Lynch 21 ‘Tis Pity She’s an Android W. J. Donovan (art: Kurt Erichsen) 23 They Walked Like Men GHLIII (art: Charlie Williams &c.) 29 The Shadow of Alfred Bester Anthony Tollin 43 Artificial Insouciance Nic Farey 44 Writer to Writer Michelle Bonnell 46 The Challenger Musical Theater Survey Mike Resnick 47 The Stepford Story Jim Ivers 51 The Challenger Tribute GHLIII 61 The Joker Side of the Force Joseph Major 62 Dissenting on Clifford Simak Joseph L. Green 65 Original Factory Settings Taral Wayne (art: the author) 69 Dissecting the Alien Greg Benford 76 My Ejection from Loscon, 2018 Greg Benford 86 The Chorus Lines you, you and you! 91 Battle of the Toy Robots John Purcell 103 Farewells for Now Guy & Rosy (art: Teddy Harvia & Brad Foster) 105 Challenger no. 42 is © 2019 by Guy H. Lillian III. All individual rights revert to contributors upon print and electronic publication. The challenger welcome And indeed is so: Rose-Marie and I bid you welcome to Challenger no.