I loved reading that book, waaaaayyyyy back in college (P1, that is).
Peter
On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 07:40:56 -0500, SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Bill Hitefield
<bhitefi...@icloud.com> wrote:
>Tim,
>
>You probably already know of it, but "The Adolescence of P1" the computer is a
>main character. Not sure how old it is. I've had my copy for a very long time.
>
>Mainstream, Mike ("The Moon is a Harsh Mistress") is a good read. My favorite
>RLH book.
>
>Bill
>
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>Tim Hare
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>If you mean a citation for the book by D F Jones Library of Congress:
>https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=278&recCount=25&recPointer=7&bibId=2643947
>
>Amazon (which says it is the first of a trilogy):
>https://www.amazon.com/Colossus-D-F-Jones-ebook/dp/B07P9QJ63L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FQK2GU167WED&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.eN8XUSjdBem5Pa3kvjkMKiBNg04GjL-rTV8X1R83iLl5el1RfeOFix3B_9zLo4sm27QkO-XKLNoCF6hmLtDA8Kdg7P5rvkfXssNJfTPwvQwj9NFRRSQ8DbCc_Ou6ComE7z21EFfZopbnn5jURN4VRIhM5qwadKtXy5j8uIyqert0oIay3GafoKS3oIgAhy2qdW2jJEbMVLNhuv4WkrgKuHgacvBDxXv5Uo-PsJXZVyg.FsU8_rVvOJFGrSTk5Q3SQRp4_mjvxK-V7QgTQQKYzLo&dib_tag=se&keywords=colossus+jones&qid=1741150488&sprefix=colossus+jones%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1
>
>I have not read the sequels though I may try to find them now. At one time,
>long ago, before computers became ubiquitous in science fiction, I was trying
>to form a collection of science fiction books with computers as one of the
>main "characters".
>
>If you're asking for a citation about whether he read the book or not, I can't
>provide one - it was just conjecture on my part.
>
>Sorry for the mess - I would have used the HTML editor but I haven't posted on
>IBM-MAIN in forever, just started reading again for "fun" (I'm retired), and
>I'm unaware of whether HTML messages are discouraged here or not.
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