Arm of the Law
By Sheba Blake and Harry Harrison
3.5/5
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Harry Harrison (March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012) was an American science fiction author, known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966). The latter was the rough basis for the motion picture Soylent Green (1973). Harrison was (with Brian Aldiss) the co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
Aldiss called him "a constant peer and great family friend". His friend Michael Carroll said, "Imagine Pirates of the Caribbean or Raiders of the Lost Ark, and picture them as science-fiction novels. They're rip-roaring adventures, but they're stories with a lot of heart."
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Reviews for Arm of the Law
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I liked seeing Harrison's early voice, but this story about a police robot helping to shake up a (space) colonial corrupt police department didn't really do anything interesting.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A police robot is sent to an out-of-the-way post for testing, and quickly cleans up the town. Gritty, fast-paced, short story, with the robot always having exactly what's needed to do the job - he's a Superman without the need of a secret identity.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A well-written story about the consequences of sending a straight-arrow robot to be a cop in a crooked Martian town.
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Arm of the Law - Sheba Blake
ARM OF THE LAW
BY
HARRY HARRISON
Table of Contents
ARM OF THE LAW
ARM OF THE LAW
DROP YOUR GUNS, YOU ARE UNDER ARREST.
Copyright © 2017 by Harry Harrison.
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations em- bodied in critical articles or reviews.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organiza- tions, places, events and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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First Edition: January 2017
ARM OF THE LAW
At one time--this was before the Robot Restriction Laws--they'd even allowed them to make their own decisions....
It was a big, coffin-shaped plywood box that looked like it weighed a ton. This brawny type just dumped it through the door of the police station and started away. I looked up from the blotter and shouted at the trucker's vanishing back.
What the hell is that?
How should I know?
he said as he swung up into the cab. I just deliver, I don't X-ray 'em. It came on the morning rocket from earth is all I know.
He gunned the truck more than he had to and threw up a billowing cloud of red dust.
Jokers,
I growled to myself. Mars is full of jokers.
When I went over to look at the box I could feel the dust grate between my teeth. Chief Craig must have heard the racket because he came out of his office and helped me stand and look at the box.
Think it's a bomb?
he asked in a bored voice.
"Why would anyone bother--particularly with a thing this