When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One Quotes

“Yes, we have a magtyper composer - it's one of the new IBM photo-typing units. It was ordered especially for handling reports, brochures and pamphlets. It justifies lines automatically to any length you specify, even divide words when necessary. The only modification in it is that instead of using the IBM memory tank, we've hooked it into the master system. That way, we can use any typer in the plant for input and use the IBM full time for photo-typed output. You could write a letter in your office if you wanted to and get a perfectly justified printout - any type face - off the composer unit. Camera-ready copy.”
― David Gerrold, When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One

“Look, a computer is very much like a mystic oracle. You not only have to know what questions to ask, but how to phrase them -- and the answers are not always what you expect, nor necessarily in terms you can understand.”
― David Gerrold, When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One

“Reality is that external system of influences which come filtered through my sensory inputs as perceptions. It is also that external system of influences which are beyond my sensory range, however, because I cannot perceive them, the are 'unreal' to me. Subjectively speaking, of course.”
― David Gerrold, When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One

“Maybe someone up there -- or out there -- is listening to us right now, trying to decide whether or not to dismantle us.”
― David Gerrold, When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One