The Cosmic Computer
by H. Beam Piper
263 pages~4 hrs
“In the ruins of a forgotten war, the ultimate intelligence is waiting to be found.”
On the crumbling frontier planet of Poictesme, a legendary military supercomputer holds the key to total galactic dominance or economic salvation. One young man's return sparks a desperate planet-wide treasure hunt for the mythical Merlin, a machine rumored to predict the future itself.
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