
The Velvet Glove
1956
First Published
3.59
Average Rating
29
Number of Pages
SF writer and editor Harry Harrison explores a not-too-distant future where robots—particularly specialist robots who don't know their place—have quite a rough time of it. True, the Robot Equality Act had been passed—but so what? New York was a bad town for robots this year. In fact, all over the country it was bad for robots...
Avg Rating
3.59
Number of Ratings
142
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
39%
2 STARS
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1 STARS
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Author

Harry Harrison
Author · 85 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey) was an American science fiction author best known for his character the The Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green (1973). He was also (with Brian W. Aldiss) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. Excerpted from Wikipedia.