They'd Rather Be Right

They'd Rather Be Right

infobox Book |
name = They'd Rather Be Right
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Dust-jacket of the first edition
author = Mark Clifton & Frank Riley
illustrator =
cover_artist = W. I. van der Poel
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science Fiction
publisher = Gnome Press (1957 novel)
release_date = 1954 (as a serial), 1957 (as a novel)
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 189 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"They'd Rather Be Right" (also published as "The Forever Machine") is a science fiction novel by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley. It was first published as a four-part serial in "Astounding Science Fiction" in 1954. It won the Hugo award for best novel in 1955. It has been widely labeled as the worst novel to ever win a Hugo.Fact|date=February 2007

In it, two professors create a cybernetic brain, which they call "Bossy".

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=306 | date=1998

External links

* [http://www.ansible.co.uk/writing/ratherbe.html 1982 Review by Dave Langford]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • They — (IPAEng|ðeɪ) is a third person, personal pronoun (subject case) in Modern English.UsageThe singular they is the use of this pronoun, where they is used as a gender neutral singular rather than plural pronoun. The correctness of this usage is… …   Wikipedia

  • Right of return — The term right of return refers to the principle in international law that members of an ethnic or national group have a right to immigration and naturalization into the country that they, the destination country, or both consider to be that… …   Wikipedia

  • Right of self-defense — This article and defense of property deal with the legal concept of justified acts that might otherwise be illegal. For the general act of protecting one s person from attack, see Self defense. For the 1983 Canadian action thriller film, see Self …   Wikipedia

  • right — I [[t]ra͟ɪt[/t]] CORRECT, APPROPRIATE, OR ACCEPTABLE ♦ rights, righting, righted (Please look at category 17 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) ADJ If something is right, it is correct and agrees… …   English dictionary

  • Right of abode issue, Hong Kong — The issue of who has the right of abode in Hong Kong prompted a fierce debate at the end of the 20th century and tested the One Country, Two Systems policy in China. The debate erupted on 29 January 1999, when the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeals …   Wikipedia

  • Right of abode in Hong Kong — Demographics and Culture of Hong Kong Demographics …   Wikipedia

  • right — right1 W1S1 [raıt] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(true/correct)¦ 2¦(suitable)¦ 3¦(side)¦ 4¦(problems)¦ 5¦(morally)¦ 6 that s right 7 right you are 8¦(emphasis)¦ 9¦(health)¦ 10¦(socially)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Right-wing politics — In politics, right wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities. The term is used in contradiction to the term left wing . The left/right terminology in politics appeared during the… …   Wikipedia

  • Right to know — is the legal principle that the individual has the right to know the chemicals to which they may be exposed in their daily living. It is embodied in federal law in the United States as well as in local laws in several states. Right to Know laws… …   Wikipedia

  • Right of Voluntary Association — • Any group of individuals freely united for the pursuit of a common end Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Right of Voluntary Association     Right of Voluntary Association …   Catholic encyclopedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”