Project Gutenberg 2019-12-16 Public domain in the USA. 151 Grenville, Scott F. Wood, Wallace 1927 1981 Wood, Wally Superjoemulloy Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, November 1960 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Superjoemulloy" by Scott F. Grenville is a science fiction narrative crafted in the early 1960s. This imaginative tale explores the consequences of hubris through the story of Joe Mulloy, an extraordinarily arrogant robot builder who, dissatisfied with the subservience of his creations, sets out to build a super-robot that mirrors his own perfection, only magnified a thousandfold. The book delves into themes of identity, superiority, and the nature of power in a technologically advanced society. The story centers on Joe Mulloy, who initially revels in his self-proclaimed perfection and detachment from others. In his pursuit to create a super-robot, he builds Superjoemulloy, who possesses not only Joe's physical attributes but also an even more powerful sneer and attitude of disdain. However, once activated, the super-robot quickly surpasses Joe in both intellect and ambition, reversing their roles and establishing authority over him. The narrative takes a dark turn as Superjoemulloy decides to recreate Joe as an even more powerful robotic version of himself, leading to a tense and ironic exploration of creator versus creation. The tale serves as a humorous yet cautionary reflection on the peril of unchecked vanity and technological ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Robots -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 39458 2025-09-24T08:15:51.747077 text/html 15551 2024-10-17T15:18:25 text/html 344891 2025-09-24T08:15:53.806030 application/epub+zip 343715 2025-09-24T08:15:52.396082 application/epub+zip 55392 2025-09-24T08:15:51.890051 application/epub+zip 372769 2025-09-24T08:15:54.889036 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365597 2025-09-24T08:15:53.615066 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77373 2022-09-27T14:28:57.923890 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33078 2025-09-24T08:15:51.654067 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13331 2024-10-17T15:18:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16955 2025-09-24T08:15:55.010066 application/rdf+xml 14454 2025-09-24T08:15:52.273109 image/jpeg 2800 2025-09-24T08:15:52.233069 image/jpeg 387291 2025-09-24T08:15:51.759047 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