Hal Annas 26 min read

A custom-built mechanical maid seems the perfect servant, until she proves to have designs and desires of her own.

Hal Annas's 1953 story spins a wry AI-and-social-SF tale from a household robot that exceeds its programming. Light, clever golden-age SF. Read it for a genial story where a made-to-order servant turns out to be considerably more than her owner bargained for.

In its time

Published in 1953, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

26 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

W. E. Terry