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Code of the Lifemaker

Code of the Lifemaker
James P. Hogan

Code of the Lifemaker is a 1983 novel by British science fiction author James P. Hogan. NASA's Advanced Automation for Space Missions was the direct inspiration for this novel detailing first contact between Earth explorers and the Taloids, clanking replicators who have colonized Saturn's moon Titan.

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“Scientists don't frighten me. They think in straight, predictable, directable, and therefore MISdirectable lines. It's children and conjurers who frighten me. Against scientists, I feel quite confident.”

James P. Hogan book Code of the Lifemaker

Code of the Lifemaker (1983)

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“Confidence is a feeling you get when you don't REALLY understand the situation.”

James P. Hogan book Code of the Lifemaker

Code of the Lifemaker (1983)

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