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From: kcarroll@utzoo.UUCP (Kieran A. Carroll)
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Subject: Re: Klaatu
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Date: Mon, 25-Jun-84 15:59:29 EDT
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   Apologies if a munged-up version of this article was already posted;
that's the way it goes.
   So, I'm not the only one to confuse the story "Farewell to the Master",
by Harry Bates, and the Kelly Freas cover illustrating a Tom Godwin
story about a military type who learned, to his dismay, that computers
do >exactly< what you tell them to. Both appeared in Astounding SF;
however, the Godwin story came out in 1953. Trivia question: who knows
the title of Godwin's story? And another: what other story is Godwin
justifiably well known for?
   True, the Freas cover was later adapted as a record jacket for a Queen 
album. It was also used as the cover illo. for an anthology edited
by Harry Harrison, a "last issue of Astounding", which came out shortly
after Campbell's death. As a result, three images are inextricably mixed
up in my memory: my sorrow on learning of Campbell's death, the
feeling of loss at the end of "Farewell to the Master", and the
painting of a robot gently holding the dead body of a once-
powerful man, as if asking, "Please fix it..."

-Kieran A. Carroll
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