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  6. 2010

Episodes from Afternoon Reading: Why, Robot? broadcast in 2010

May
  1. The Companion
    3/3. By Anita Sullivan. Colin, a medically-trained humanoid, watches over Eunice's old age.
  2. Algorithms
    2/3. By Scarlet Thomas. An algorithm can sometimes create new problems.
  3. The Melancholy
    1/3. By Toby Litt. It's 2068 AD; local application 13/13 has disappeared mysteriously on Europa

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