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"Huddling Place"
by Clifford D. Simak

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Originally published in Astounding in July 1944
Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. I
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In the 22nd century an eminent surgeon living on an isolated estate discovers that his isolation has caused acute agoraphobia. Then he is summoned to Mars to perform life-saving surgery on a Martian philosopher who is on the brink of the discovery of a new truth for the future of mankind.
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Simak uses the title of this story in two different ways in the course of the narrative. Define and explain.
What seems to be the ability of the robot Jenkins? Does he seem to adhere to Asimov's Laws of Robotics?
Compare this story to "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster.
 
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