"The robot's face swung across her vision, with a strangely malevolent smile. It couldn't be happening. The doll had no brain, no will. It couldn't resent her and purposely ruin her performance. Or could it? She remembered fleetingly how her father's typograph, from apparently jammed and useless keys, had transcribed his annoyed curse and thrown it back at him. Was there more to a machine than people realized? No it was impossible."

From "The Human Element".

By L. D. Hall

1959.

 

This is Dad's pulp mystery and science fiction collection from 1931-1971 when he died. You'll see front and back covers from pulp science fiction books like 'Amazing' and 'Astounding' Science Fiction plus covers from pulp mystery writers like Mickey Spillane, Richard Prather, Nick Carter and Edward Aarons' novels. Also, the complete collection of Ian Fleming. Over 400 titles! Enjoy the fantastic cover artwork. Read a sample of their writing about protagonists 'Doc Savage', 'Shell Scott', 'Mike Hammer', and 'James Bond'. Run your cursor through the alphabetic listing to pick from the selection. Check out the links page under 'L'. Rick Davids (Facebook).