Roger D. Aycock

Name: Slave of eternity
Author: Roger D. Aycock

Slave of eternity (1959)

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“Slave of eternity”, published in 1959, is a work by Roger D. Aycock. It explores elements such as Heric, Nyark and Marta.

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Roger D. Aycock, Slave of eternity (1959)

“ The silence bore him down with an implacable weight, and the desire to escape it grew upon him until he found himself running, dodging wildly in and out among stalled vehicles and frozen pedestrians.
He reached the city's edge, but the sun and wind of open country did not dispel his oppression. The sun was as silent as the city, and the breeze was a drear lament in his ears. Loneliness crept at his heels like a black, timorous hound; he felt as if he were the only living thing in a dead and forgotten world. ”

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Roger D. Aycock, Slave of eternity (1959)

“ The sound of Heric's laughter echoed emptily through the vast room.
"Stay my hand and let you adjust me into submission again? Let you send me back to planting wheat, drowning my identity in ignorance? I know the human race is almost dead—I know that you hide the truth from the few of us who remain because you think us doomed to extinction. You would bury us in ignorance and rule in our stead as if you were men and we your servants." ”

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Roger D. Aycock, Slave of eternity (1959)

“ Without men our life would be an endless torture of loneliness, for we can be happy only in your happiness. We hid the truth from you, and kept you busy outside Nyark the first city, to protect your sanity."
Heric took a forward step. "Back, all of you!"
They drew aside to let him pass. The Leader knelt as Heric brushed by him, and the Council knelt with averted faces behind him. Their sigh whispered through the great room.
"Wait, Arnol Heric. Do you know that we have made you immortal?"
"Wait, Arnol Heric. Do you know that we have made you immortal?" ”

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Roger D. Aycock, Slave of eternity (1959)

“ The cavernous chamber stilled until Heric's heart beat loud in the tomblike silence. The Council knelt motionless, like even rows of cold statuary.
He turned from them and went through the hushed room and out into the streets of Nyark the first city. Silence lay before him. Vehicles stood unpowered, drivers frozen. In the shops the crowds hovered motionless like static, three-dimensional shadows. ”

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Roger D. Aycock, Slave of eternity (1959)

“ Heric answered. "Because I do not believe that my race can ever die completely. I shall stop you in your tracks like the mechanical things you are, and I shall find the others of my people who are left and start life over with them. And this time we shall know better than to build machines!"
"We have no desire to perpetuate ourselves," the Leader said. "We were created to serve humanity, and to insure our obedience to the love of men was made our strongest instinct. ”

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Roger D. Aycock, Slave of eternity (1959)

“ He found the power source at ground level, in a vast dim cavern full of soft-purring machines. He singled out the great operations board with its master switch that controlled the city's life—and in his path he found the Leader and his council, shielding the control from him with the massed crescent of their bodies.
"Stand back," Heric commanded.
The Council stirred uneasily, but did not break.
"Hear us out, Arnol Heric," the Leader begged. "Remember that we, being not-human, yet have human emotions. ”

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Roger D. Aycock, Slave of eternity (1959)

“ A sound caught his ear and he looked up to see Marta on the dark veranda above him, her face a pale oval blur with enormous, fright-widened eyes. "I didn't intend this to happen, Marta. I—I lost my head."
She came down at once and put a soft hand on his shoulder. "Of course, of course, darling. Here, let me help you."
Together they lifted the patrolman's body into the copter's control seat, where it lolled bonelessly against the instrument panel. Heric touched a button and the machine rose and soared eastward on a random course away from Nyark the first city. ”

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Roger D. Aycock, Slave of eternity (1959)

“ We are the end result of the robot race men created to serve them in ages past, and you are right when you suppose that we may not defy you because we are your property. But there is a thing which you do not know, hidden from you even in your dreams for your own safety. ”

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