After a second long sleep, Norman Winters wakes around AD 10,000. The world is dominated by the Brain, an inexorable super computer that knows all, sees all, and feels nothing. Thanks to its cradle-to-grave supervision, human life is easy and comfortable, but what will happen when the Brain realizes people are superfluous?
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Certainly. . . . the Great Brain is infallible. Who would want to act contrary to reason?

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  1. “Master of the Brain” by Laurence Manning, Wonder Stories,[/em] April 1933.
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  1. German.
    “Herr des Gehirns” by Laurence Manning, in Der Jahrtausendschläfer (Heyne, February 1977).
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Laurence Manning
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Walter Brumm
  3. German.
    “Die Waldbewohner” by Laurence Manning, in Der Jahrtausendschläfer (Heyne, February 1977).
  4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Laurence Manning