The Race for God
“One day a young noble from afar came on invitation to her planetoid, and when he set eyes upon her he was drawn to her in the strongest physical sense. This angered and frightened him, for he was a cerebral young man who had always prided himself on his ability to override the urgings of his libido.So he asked her, in the most arctic of tones: “Why can’t you rise above your sexuality?”Her reply: “Why can’t any of us?”And he had no answer for this.—A Folktale of the Old GalaxiesBy the time they reached the white ship Shusher, a crowd had gathered around it. Flashlight beams danced on the riveted skin of the craft, and the air was alive with many languages. To the left and right, McMurtrey noted that every other ship in sight was receiving like attention.“Life insurance! Life insurance!” a robot salesman shouted, working the crowd. “See me before you board! Last chance for insurance!”Disgusting scum, McMurtrey thought. These robots were more tasteless than any human salesman had ever be...en, with every answer programmed into them.MoreLess
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