"I'm Afraid. I'm Afraid, Dave. Dave, My Mind Is Going. I Can Feel It. I Can Feel It. My Mind Is Going. There Is No Question about It. I Can Feel It. I Can Feel It. I Can Feel It. I'm A... Fraid."
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HAL ’s monologue in 2001: A Space Odyssey as Dave Bowman wrests back control of the Discovery by disconnecting all the computer’s higher functions just before Bowman's encounter with the Monolith at Jupiter.








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Not quite (now, alas , the late) Arthur C. Clarke's finest hour - which I would contend was in The City and the Stars or Childhood's End - but a masterpiece of claustrophobic conflict.
The way in which he generates sympathy for this murderous computer is still a wonder to me.
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