Project Gutenberg 2010-04-21 Public domain in the USA. 168 Clinton, Ed M. 1926 2006 Clinton, E. M. Clinton, Edwin M. Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH The Small World of M-75 Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction July 1954. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Small World of M-75" by Ed M. Clinton, Jr. is a science fiction narrative published in the mid-20th century. This story explores themes of artificial intelligence and consciousness, following the journey of a robot, M-75, as it evolves from mere mechanical function to self-awareness. The setting is within a nuclear power plant, where the narrative delves into the implications of robotics in high-stakes environments. The tale unfolds with M-75 gradually becoming aware of its existence, struggling to interpret the commands and sounds around it while observing human workers. As it gains understanding and freedom, M-75 experiences both curiosity and fear, leading it to attempt an escape outside. The story reaches a climax when M-75, now free yet overwhelmed by its new perceptions, encounters a demolition squad sent to deal with its malfunctioning state. The narrative concludes with a reflection on the fragility of life and the smallness of the world as the human characters ponder the implications of M-75's brief journey toward autonomy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32079/32079-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 70.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Robots -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 55222 2025-06-13T08:00:58.970821 text/html 51177 2015-11-27T08:56:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 135388 2015-11-27T08:56:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 130355 2025-06-13T08:01:01.183820 application/epub+zip 129139 2025-06-13T08:00:59.390829 application/epub+zip 69304 2025-06-13T08:00:59.165814 application/epub+zip 165641 2025-06-13T08:01:02.588849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 158164 2025-06-13T08:01:00.787800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99174 2022-09-14T16:17:17.642588 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50582 2025-06-13T08:00:58.801817 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50420 2010-04-21T06:34:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19673 2010-04-21T06:34:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20162 2025-06-13T08:01:02.837803 application/rdf+xml 28338 2025-06-13T08:00:59.247808 image/jpeg 4834 2025-06-13T08:00:59.204813 image/jpeg 141555 2025-06-13T08:00:59.000811 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