Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
as in the story I referenced in post #8 above - think it was in robert sheckley's untouched by human hands, but that's from memory and as we live in a chaotic book depositry cum studio rather than a house it may take some finding to check...

that would place it in the early '50s

so much written then is coming to pass...
yes it is the story is called watchbird and still well worth a read - the whole book is...

now I have the title I can reference it - it is available here as a Project Gutenberg EBook you can read for free:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2957...-h/29579-h.htm