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 Message 20095 
 A Friend to All 
 Re: IDW Does Harlan Ellison 
 17 Jul 14 18:36:13 
 
From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: nope@noway.com
Subject: Re: IDW Does Harlan Ellison

In article <160720141627506951%nope@noway.com>, A Friend
 wrote:

> In article ,
> anim8rFSK  wrote:
> 
> > First time I saw TERMINATOR I said outloud that it was ripped off from 
> > SOLDIER and THE MAN WHO WAS NEVER BORN.  I think DEMON WITH A GLASS HAND 
> > is more of a stretch.
> 
> 
> Many years ago, I read a collection that contained a '40s short story
> about an implacable robot that was pursuing a murderer through the
> streets of future Somewhere in order to execute him for his crimes. 
> The robot didn't need rest and would never stop.  I've long been trying
> to find the story again, but without success.  I think it might have
> been written by Henry Slesar, but at this very late date I'm not at all
> sure.
> 
> Also, did anybody ever produce the memo that Ellison claims said
> something to the effect of "Let's screw this little Jew and steal his
> idea"?


Oh, yeah, one more thing.  With regard to Demon with a Glass Hand, you
could -- theoretically -- reduce the entire present-day human race to
the size of a sugar cube, because atoms are mostly empty space.  The
cube, however, would weigh five billion tons.

The population of far-future Earth in Demon with a Glass Hand is 70
billion, so multiply the above weights and measures by ten.  Trent
might have a little trouble moving around, or not sinking to the
Earth's core.
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