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===1960s=== * '''Vulcan 2''' and '''Vulcan 3''', sentient supercomputers in [[Philip K. Dick]]'s novel ''[[Vulcan's Hammer]]'' (1960) * '''Great Coordinator''' or '''Robot-Regent''', a partially to fully sentient extraterrestrial supercomputer, built to control and drive the scientifically and technologically advanced Great Arconide Empire as the Arconides have become decadent and unable to govern themselves. From the science fiction series ''[[Perry Rhodan]]'' (1961) * '''Merlin''' from the [[H. Beam Piper]] novel ''The Cosmic Computer'' (originally ''Junkyard Planet'') (1963) * '''Simulacron-3''', the third generation of a virtual reality system originally depicted in the science fiction novel ''[[Simulacron-3]]'' (a.k.a. "Counterfeit World") by [[Daniel F. Galouye]] (1964) and later in film adaptations ''[[World on a Wire]]'' (1973) and ''[[The Thirteenth Floor]]'' (1999) * '''GENiE''' (GEneralized Nonlinear Extrapolator), from the [[Keith Laumer]] novel ''[[The Great Time Machine Hoax]]'' (1964) * '''Muddlehead''', the sapient computer that runs the trade ship ''Muddlin' Through'' in [[Poul Anderson]]'s stories "The Trouble Twisters" (1965), "Satan's World" (1969), "Day of Burning" (1967), "Lodestar" (1973), and "Mirkhiem" (1977) * '''Colossus''' and '''Guardian''': Colossus is a military supercomputer built by Dr. Charles Forbin to control the nuclear weapons of the United States of North America. Colossus initiates communication with an equivalent computer in the Soviet Union, called Guardian, and the two computers eventually merge to take control of the human race. Colossus and Guardian first appeared in the novel ''[[Colossus (novel)|Colossus]]'', by [[Dennis Feltham Jones]] (1966) and the subsequent film, ''[[Colossus: The Forbin Project]]'' (1970). Colossus also appears in two subsequent novels by Jones, ''[[The Fall of Colossus]]'' (1974), where the supercomputer is finally defeated by vengeful humans, and ''[[Colossus and the Crab]]''. (1977) * '''Frost''', the protagonist computer in [[Roger Zelazny]]'s story "[[For a Breath I Tarry]]"; also '''SolCom''', '''DivCom''', and '''Beta''' (1966) * '''Mike''' (a.k.a. Mycroft Holmes, Michelle, Adam Selene), in [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress]]'' (named after [[Mycroft Holmes]], the brother of [[Sherlock Holmes]]) (1966) * '''The Ox''' in [[Frank Herbert]]'s novel ''[[Destination: Void]]'' (1966) * '''Supreme''', a computer filling the artificial world Primores in [[Lloyd Biggle, Jr.]]'s ''Watchers of the Dark'' (1966) * '''WESCAC''' (WESt Campus Analog Computer), from [[John Barth]]'s ''[[Giles Goat-Boy]]'' (1966) * '''The Brain''', the titular logistics computer of [[Len Deighton]]'s novel ''[[Billion-Dollar Brain]]'' (1966) * '''Moxon''', a series of supercomputers that manage "the efficient society" in [[Tor Åge Bringsværd]]'s short story "Codemus" (1967) * '''Little Brother''', a portable computer terminal similar in many ways to a modern [[smartphone]], also from Bringsværd's "Codemus" (1967) * '''AM''' (Allied Mastercomputer), from [[Harlan Ellison]]'s short story "[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]" (1967) * '''[[Berserker (Saberhagen)|The Berserkers]]''', autonomous machines that are programmed to destroy all life, as found in the stories of [[Fred Saberhagen]] (1967–2007) * '''The Soft Weapon''', a sophisticated hand-held battle computer once used by a spy, in [[Larry Niven]]'s short story "[[The Soft Weapon]]" (1967) * '''[[HAL 9000]]''', the sentient computer on board the spaceship ''[[Discovery One]]'', in [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s novel ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (1968) * '''Shalmaneser''', from [[John Brunner (novelist)|John Brunner]]'s ''[[Stand on Zanzibar]]'', a small (and possibly semi-sentient) supercomputer cooled in liquid helium (1968) * '''Tänkande August''' (Swedish for "Thinking August"), a.k.a. "The Boss", a powerful computer for solving crime in the [[Agaton Sax]] books by Swedish author [[Nils-Olof Franzén]] * '''The Thinker''', a non-sentient supercomputer which has absolute control over all aspects human life, including a pre-ordained death age of 21. From the novel ''[[Logan's Run]]'' by [[William F. Nolan]] and [[George Clayton Johnson]] (1967) * '''Project 79''', from the novel ''[[The God Machine (1968 novel)|The God Machine]]'' by [[Martin Caidin]]. Set in the near future, the novel tells the story of Steve Rand, one of the brains behind Project 79, a top-secret US Government project dedicated to creating artificial intelligence. (1968) * '''ARDNEH''' (Automatic Restoration Director – National Executive Headquarters), from the [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''[[Empire of the East series]]'' (1968 onward) * '''Fess''', an antique FCC-series computer that can be plugged into various bodies, in [[Christopher Stasheff]]'s ''[[The Warlock in Spite of Himself]]'' (1969)
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