Project Gutenberg 2009-06-22 Public domain in the USA. 298 Harrison, Harry 1925 2012 Dempsey, Henry Maxwell Harrison, Henry Maxwell Arm of the Law Produced from Fantastic Universe August 1958. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Arm of the Law" by Harry Harrison is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story explores the themes of law enforcement and robotics, centered around a futuristic police force on Mars where the introduction of a highly advanced police robot, named Ned, disrupts the usual course of human policing. The narrative addresses the implications of machine involvement in law and order, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges that arise when artificial intelligence intersects with law enforcement. The plot follows a lone officer in the small Martian outpost of Nineport, where he encounters Ned, the experimental police robot. Initially employed as a janitor, Ned quickly proves himself capable in active duty when a routine robbery escalates into violence, leading to his significant role in the capture of criminals, including a notorious mobster named China Joe. As the story unfolds, the protagonist grapples with the moral and practical implications of having a robot take on a police officer's role, especially as tensions rise within the criminal underbelly and leadership dynamics in Nineport shift dramatically. Ultimately, the novel raises questions about the nature of justice and the evolving role of technology in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 92.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Robots -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 64119 2025-06-12T07:19:24.221160 text/html 60143 2021-01-05T05:47:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 145036 2021-01-05T05:47:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 207837 2025-06-12T07:19:28.650030 application/epub+zip 206191 2025-06-12T07:19:26.049075 application/epub+zip 85808 2025-06-12T07:19:24.909078 application/epub+zip 281481 2025-06-12T07:19:30.574053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273129 2025-06-12T07:19:27.945041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118310 2022-09-13T14:01:16.439094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56618 2025-06-12T07:19:23.913051 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56491 2021-01-05T05:47:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22577 2021-01-05T05:47:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19831 2025-06-12T07:19:30.731019 application/rdf+xml 10234 2025-06-12T07:19:25.459060 image/jpeg 3008 2025-06-12T07:19:25.183081 image/jpeg 205518 2025-06-12T07:19:24.235054 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia