They'd Rather Be Right
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This article is about the novel. For the band, see The Forever Machine (band).
| They'd Rather Be Right | |
 Dust-jacket of the first edition |
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| Author | Mark Clifton & Frank Riley |
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| Cover artist | W. I. van der Poel |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Gnome Press (1957 novel) |
| Publication date | 1954 (as a serial), 1957 (as a novel) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 189 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
They'd Rather Be Right (also published as The Forever Machine) is a science fiction novel by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley. It was first published as a four-part serial in Astounding Science Fiction in 1954. It won the Hugo award for best novel in 1955. It has been widely labeled as the worst novel to ever win a Hugo.[citation needed]
In it, two professors create a cybernetic brain, which they call "Bossy".
[edit] References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 306.
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| Preceded by The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester |
Hugo Award for Best Novel 1955 |
Succeeded by Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein |
