The Tale of the Wicked [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Captain Michael Obwije of the Confederation Armed Forces has been hunting a Tarin battle cruiser in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. But when he orders his own ship in for the killing blow, the hot pursuit turns into a potentially more dangerous situation. One with implications for the entire Confederation.
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Overview

Captain Michael Obwije of the Confederation Armed Forces has been hunting a Tarin battle cruiser in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. But when he orders his own ship in for the killing blow, the hot pursuit turns into a potentially more dangerous situation. One with implications for the entire Confederation.

Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940014031431
  • Publisher: Subterranean Press
  • Publication date: 1/25/2012
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 19,364
  • File size: 491 KB

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 14, 2012

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 8, 2012

    old world meets new world

    This is a good story based on premises already wrtten. The way it was plotted out makes very good reading and the plot flows well to a suprizing conclusion.. I found it to be most enjoyable. Scalizi has done a pretty good job in the psst in this series based on Old Msns War and this story will not disappoint.

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  • Posted February 24, 2012

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    Hal 9000 meets John Scalzi

    Everything written by John Scalzi is good. It's just a matter of how good.

    Scalzi's short story, 'Tale of the Wicked', delves into the mind of a ship's computer. Advancements in computing have provided a foundation for artificial intelligence, and a ship's computer picks a particularly inopportune time to start living under Isaac Asimov's three rules of robotics:
    A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
    A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
    A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

    This is a fun little story. Obviously it doesn't have the depth of a full Scalzi novel, but he manages to create robust and well-fleshed characters in even the shortest of his works.

    This isn't great Scalzi, but this is a very good and terrifically fun read.

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