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Robots should stand up for themselves and not try to be humans. They should either utterly destroy us or protect us from aliens. And vampires. And pirates.

Daniel H. Wilson

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Daniel H. Wilson
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: March 6
Author
Engineer
Journalist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Tulsa
Oklahoma
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Vampires
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Pirate
Humans
Robots
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Aliens
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