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Title: Unwise Child
Author: Randall Garrett
Narrator: Harry Shaw
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-26-14
Publisher: Spoken Realms
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic
Publisher's Summary:
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. 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 crafts unavoidably detained engineering officer. 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. A classic 1962 sci-fi by Randall Garret.
Members Reviews:
Three Stars
I usually like this author's books, but I couldn't get interested in this one, so didn't finish.
Four Stars
I read this years ago and enjoyed re-reading it.
... can be a little slow but it was a good read.
It can be a little slow but it was a good read.
Interesting book
I don't remember the description of this book but I must of thought it was good to order it for my neice.
Space Voyage as Visualized in a Simpler Age
This is closer to fantasy than speculative fiction. You have to ignore the confusing explanations of ship propulsion, the effect of Earth's magnetic field on launch and the relationship of time aboard ship-vs-Earthtime. Just the same, it glows with the images of a young adult novel. There is a rich genius who has his own company, a precocious computer and a red-headed genius psychologist.
This is hardly PC, considering how characters smoke regardless of effect on ship's air filtering and the drooling over the female lead. It is jarring to see the predictions written in 1962 concerning life in 2087- such as unlimited power from Lithium Hydride powerplants, a new system of government and cargo of:
' a robot cryotronic brain, which is 90 per cent liquid helium and 10 per cent tantalum and niobium, by volume.'
Randall Garrett. Unwise Child (Kindle Locations 488-489).
And besides, there is a mystery aboard....