| Describe
the organizational structure of the Agricultural Station. |
| How
do Class Two and Class Three Brains differ from the lower class Brains? |
| What
conclusions do the machines derive from the evidence? Are there any flaws
in the machines' logic? |
| Why
does the penner declare "It is better that man should never come back"?
In what way is this a revolutionary statement? |
| What
seems to be the goal of the machines who are travelling together? What is
the likelihood that these machines will be able to implement their plan?
Explain. |
| Why
do the machines respond to the starving man the way that they do? |
| How
do you think Aldiss would answer the question he poses in the story's title?
How would you answer that same question? Explain. |
| How
has Aldiss borrowed from and adapted Asimov's Laws of Robotics? |
