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Short Story

To Serve the Master

1956

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About this story

A courier discovers a damaged robot long after a war that supposedly destroyed all such machines. Its account of the conflict differs from the history he has been taught, leaving him to decide whether helping it is an act of kindness or a mistake.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Oct 21, 1953

    Composition: no later than Oct 21, 1953

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Oct 21, 1953

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Oct 21, 1953

  3. Feb 1956

    First published Feb 1956

    Imagination