![]() The robot and the ship think they probably volunteered for this process. ![]() There's a giant robot in the shape of a man, a small space ship and a pyramid - none of them can remember their previous lives but they know they used to be humans. The story is about three constructs sent by the "Instrumentality of Mankind" (a galaxy wide relatively benign dictatorship) to shock and awe a potentially dangerous planet that has been discovered by a pair of telepaths, whose story makes up the previous 3/4s of the book. I just thought it might be a nod towards it. OH! I want to make it clear I'm not suggesting you were copying the idea because if you read the story you'll see it goes in a very different direction. I mean, you could Google "Three to a Given Star" and there's a link to the story, but I've no idea how legit it is. You can get the book on Kindle:īut as those reviews would suggest, not for everyone. I can summarize the plot of the story I was reminded of here if you don't want to track a copy down - and unless you're into 60s SF I can't see why you would. ![]() I'm an atheist but I like his writing so, like my man CS Lewis, I let it slide. Quest of the Three Worlds is a fairly trippy read with a bunch of Christian symbolism and allusions. Cordwainer Smith (actually a pseudonym) was a pretty interesting guy but he didn't write much. Quest of the Three Worlds - it's a collection of four novellas and it's the last that reminded me of your plot. ![]()
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