Rome And Computers

"The Pugilist."

We learn that the title, "The Pugilist," is, like "Marius," a reference to Roman history.

In this fictional future, millions of computers, interconnected nationally:

keep records;

process bills;

operate automated factories;

calculate;

integrate;

monitor citizens;

transmit messages.

Sf prophecy. We knew that men would land on the Moon and that all human knowledge, stored in interconnected computers, would be accessible at the press of a button.

Whether our hero, Dowling, winds up in a happy place is another matter.

But this is just one story. We move on to the next. But not tonight.