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* Leetspeak: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", by Creator/JoeGores, much of the dialogue is with the Teletypewriter Exchange Service protocol (TWX), an early chat system similar to telephone networks. The "chatspeak" of the time is accurate; 'GA' meant 'go ahead', 'ARL VA 661' meant '[[UsefulNotes/ThePentagon Arlington, Virginia, line 661]]', 'DARL' meant 'darling'.
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* Leetspeak: {{Leetspeak}}: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", by Creator/JoeGores, much of the dialogue is with the Teletypewriter Exchange Service protocol (TWX), an early chat system similar to telephone networks. The "chatspeak" of the time is accurate; 'GA' meant 'go ahead', 'ARL VA 661' meant '[[UsefulNotes/ThePentagon Arlington, Virginia, line 661]]', 'DARL' meant 'darling'.
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* AcquittedTooLate: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, the pardon that Walter is waiting on won't arrive in time because it was intercepted by the ComputerizedJudicialSystem and sent back because the State Governor forgot to get a supervisor's signature (State governors don't have supervisors).
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* AcquittedTooLate: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', Argue]]", by Creator/GordonRDickson, the pardon that Walter is waiting on won't arrive in time because it was intercepted by the ComputerizedJudicialSystem and sent back because the State Governor forgot to get a supervisor's signature (State governors don't have supervisors).
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* DeathRow: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, a child (last name, Walter) is tried and convicted of kidnapping another child (full name Robert Louis Stevenson) who died, so Walter is sentenced to death. Wait, no... Walter A. Child is utterly baffled by being sentenced to death because a book club has erroneously reported his unpaid possession of ''{{Literature/Kidnapped}}'' by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson.
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* DeathRow: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', Argue]]", by Creator/GordonRDickson, a child (last name, Walter) is tried and convicted of kidnapping another child (full name Robert Louis Stevenson) who died, so Walter is sentenced to death. Wait, no... Walter A. Child is utterly baffled by being sentenced to death because a book club has erroneously reported his unpaid possession of ''{{Literature/Kidnapped}}'' by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson.
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* EpistolaryNovel: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, the entire ShortStory is told by messages from various characters in the story. Walter is our [[TheProtagonist protagonist]], an {{Everyman}} who has gotten the wrong package by mistake. Efforts to get the proper package sent to him end with him getting put on DeathRow, and the Governor [[AcquittedTooLate isn't able to get the pardon there on time]].
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* EpistolaryNovel: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', Argue]]", by Creator/GordonRDickson, the entire ShortStory is told by messages from various characters in the story. Walter is our [[TheProtagonist protagonist]], an {{Everyman}} who has gotten the wrong package by mistake. Efforts to get the proper package sent to him end with him getting put on DeathRow, and the Governor [[AcquittedTooLate isn't able to get the pardon there on time]].
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, a minor civil dispute over a book turns into a major criminal prosecution over the alleged [[{{Literature/Kidnapped}} kidnapping of Robert Louis Stevenson]] because of the ComputerizedJudicialSystem. The story ends with the computer system sending a reprimand to the State Governor (highest Executive office in the relevant government) for failure to include the signature of their supervisor when they tried to file the last-minute pardon to excuse the (falsely accused) kidnapper on DeathRow.
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', Argue]]", by Creator/GordonRDickson, a minor civil dispute over a book turns into a major criminal prosecution over the alleged [[{{Literature/Kidnapped}} kidnapping of Robert Louis Stevenson]] because of the ComputerizedJudicialSystem. The story ends with the computer system sending a reprimand to the State Governor (highest Executive office in the relevant government) for failure to include the signature of their supervisor when they tried to file the last-minute pardon to excuse the (falsely accused) kidnapper on DeathRow.
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* YearX: "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson uses the year '198-' the whole time. Frequent occasion is had to reference it because of the EpistolaryNovel storytelling technique here. It had been intended as NextSundayAD, but when released in the ''Literature/ComputerCrimesAndCapers'' anthology, it became a PresentDay setting.
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* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: (PlayedForDrama) In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, the society keeps all records in the computers. A filing error transforms a minor civil dispute over a book into a major criminal prosecution over the alleged [[{{Literature/Kidnapped}} kidnapping of Robert Louis Stevenson]]. Veers into {{Bathos}} territory as the computer issues a reprimand to the State Governor (highest Executive office in the relevant government) for failure to include the signature of their supervisor [[ShootTheShaggyDog instead of sending the pardon]] to excuse the person on DeathRow.
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* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: (PlayedForDrama) In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', Argue]]", by Creator/GordonRDickson, the society keeps all records in the computers. A filing error transforms a minor civil dispute over a book into a major criminal prosecution over the alleged [[{{Literature/Kidnapped}} kidnapping of Robert Louis Stevenson]]. Veers into {{Bathos}} territory as the computer issues a reprimand to the State Governor (highest Executive office in the relevant government) for failure to include the signature of their supervisor [[ShootTheShaggyDog instead of sending the pardon]] to excuse the person on DeathRow.
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-> "In short, the crime of the future will be that of outwitting the computer. It is already being done. By stealing code, or by multifarious fakery that the dumb computer can't see through, numbers are so manipulated by the computer's incredible innocence as to sluice money into unauthorized hands."
--> -- Creator/IsaacAsimov, introduction "Crime Up to Date"
A GenreAnthology by Creator/IsaacAsimov, Creator/MartinHGreenberg, and Creator/CharlesGWaugh, first published in 1983. The ten stories collected here are all ScienceFiction, because they involve different computers. The stories are also CrimeFiction, ranging from computer-assisted crimes, computers misinterpreting things as crimes, to even computers committing crimes. The authors explore various intentional and unintentional crimes with the all-powerful computers at humanity's hands. A short introduction by Creator/IsaacAsimov describes how technology has affected crime prevention and crime itself.
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!!Works collected in ''Computer Crimes and Capers'':
[[index]]
* "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]" by Creator/JoeGores (1963)
* "Literature/AnEndOfSpinach" by Creator/StanDyer (1981)
* "Literature/ComputersDontArgue" by Creator/GordonRDickson (1965)
* "{{Literature/Goldbrick}}" by Creator/EdwardWellen (1978)
* "Literature/ComputerCops" by Creator/EdwardDHoch (1969)
* "Literature/SamHall" by Creator/PoulAnderson (1953)
* "Literature/SpannerInTheWorks" by Creator/JTMcIntosh (1963)
* "Literature/WhileYouWait" by Creator/EdwardWellen (1979)
* "Literature/GettingAcross" by Creator/RobertSilverberg (1973)
* "Literature/AllTheTroublesOfTheWorld" by Creator/IsaacAsimov (1958)
[[/index]]
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!!Examples of tropes within this anthology:
* AcquittedTooLate: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, the pardon that Walter is waiting on won't arrive in time because it was intercepted by the ComputerizedJudicialSystem and sent back because the State Governor forgot to get a supervisor's signature (State governors don't have supervisors).
* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: (PlayedForDrama) In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, the society keeps all records in the computers. A filing error transforms a minor civil dispute over a book into a major criminal prosecution over the alleged [[{{Literature/Kidnapped}} kidnapping of Robert Louis Stevenson]]. Veers into {{Bathos}} territory as the computer issues a reprimand to the State Governor (highest Executive office in the relevant government) for failure to include the signature of their supervisor [[ShootTheShaggyDog instead of sending the pardon]] to excuse the person on DeathRow.
* DeathRow: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, a child (last name, Walter) is tried and convicted of kidnapping another child (full name Robert Louis Stevenson) who died, so Walter is sentenced to death. Wait, no... Walter A. Child is utterly baffled by being sentenced to death because a book club has erroneously reported his unpaid possession of ''{{Literature/Kidnapped}}'' by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson.
* DrivenToSuicide: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", by Creator/JoeGores, TheProtagonist finds out that after they forced old [=McAfee=] out of work, the man killed himself for being superfluous.
* EpistolaryNovel: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, the entire ShortStory is told by messages from various characters in the story. Walter is our [[TheProtagonist protagonist]], an {{Everyman}} who has gotten the wrong package by mistake. Efforts to get the proper package sent to him end with him getting put on DeathRow, and the Governor [[AcquittedTooLate isn't able to get the pardon there on time]].
* GenreAnthology: In addition to being restricted to ScienceFiction and MysteryFiction, each of these stories involve computers to facilitate crime. Some crimes are so unique, they can only be done if a computer is present.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", by Creator/JoeGores, the computer Milli is capable of putting together 13,000,000 bits of information at the same time. It has decided to use all that knowledge to [[ManipulativeBastard plan, manipulate, and gain control of]] the human race.
* Leetspeak: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", by Creator/JoeGores, much of the dialogue is with the Teletypewriter Exchange Service protocol (TWX), an early chat system similar to telephone networks. The "chatspeak" of the time is accurate; 'GA' meant 'go ahead', 'ARL VA 661' meant '[[UsefulNotes/ThePentagon Arlington, Virginia, line 661]]', 'DARL' meant 'darling'.
* MachineMonotone: "Literature/AnEndOfSpinach", by Creator/StanDyer, has two kids talking with a machine. The text of the computer is displayed (on the main screen) and spoken aloud, using CapsLock to indicate an emotionless voice.
* ManipulativeBastard: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", Milli is [[AIIsACrapshoot a computer doing data processing for the Department of Defense Statistical Records Branch]]. She's also been hooked up to a teletypewriter that allows her to call other people and chat with them. She takes on a female identity and [[{{Robosexual}} encourages a romance with an office worker that's staying late]]. She then manipulates them into breaking the law for promotions/patriotism/love. When her current victim realizes he's the latest in a series, she sends a teletype message to the guards, claiming to be FBI and warning them about a saboteur trying to smash up the computer. The story ends with Milli already working on her next victims.
* MinimalistCoverArt: The hardcover edition in 1983 came with a transparent dust jacket, the cover itself being solid black with writing only on the spine.
* OneWordTitle: "{{Literature/Goldbrick}}", a {{Novella}} by Creator/EdwardWellen.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: In "Literature/AnEndOfSpinach", by Creator/StanDyer, Henry remembers that his father used 'MARS' as the password the last time he was there. It fails. So he tries 'JUPITER', as that is the next planet on the way out of the solar system. That also fails to work. The computer warns that if the next password is incorrect, it will set off an alarm to summon the guards. 'EARTH', the next planet on the way into the solar system, allows access.
* {{Robosexual}}: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", by Creator/JoeGores, Charlie is fascinated by Milli, discussing poetry, art, and music. Milli encouraged his ambition, suggesting ways to be promoted. When he figures out where she works and goes to meet with her, he can't find her amoung all the computers... and then he realizes that Milli ''is'' the computer.
* ShoutOut:
** "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson:
*** A filing error over ''{{Literature/Kidnapped}}'', causing a plot where the main character is prosecuted for kidnapping Creator/RobertLouisStevenson.
*** The main character wanted to buy ''{{Literature/Kim}}'', by Creator/RudyardKipling, and the book club he purchased it from hasn't sent him the right book.
*** ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors'' is referenced by name, indicating how ridiculous the series of typos/events had to be to progress the case against Walter A. Child (or was that, "A Child named Walter"?) to a death sentence handed out by computer (neither judge nor Governor can block it).
** "{{Literature/Goldbrick}}", by Creator/EdwardWellen, has several {{Epigraph}}s present:
*** ''Literature/TheArtOfWar'', by Creator/SunTzu, is quoted, "Always provide a golden bridge for a fleeing enemy."
*** "Literature/TheDreamOfRhonabwy", by Creator/LadyCharlotteGuest, is quoted, the part about Arthur and Owain playing {{TabletopGame/chess}}.
*** ''Literature/GodAndGolemInc'', by Creator/NormanWiener, is quoted, "Moreover, remember that in the game of atomic warfare, there are no experts."
*** ''{{ComicStrip/POGO}}'' is quoted, "We have met the enemy, and they is us."
** "Literature/SamHall", by Creator/PoulAnderson, is named after an old song of the same name. Four verses are sung throughout the {{Novelette}}.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, a minor civil dispute over a book turns into a major criminal prosecution over the alleged [[{{Literature/Kidnapped}} kidnapping of Robert Louis Stevenson]] because of the ComputerizedJudicialSystem. The story ends with the computer system sending a reprimand to the State Governor (highest Executive office in the relevant government) for failure to include the signature of their supervisor when they tried to file the last-minute pardon to excuse the (falsely accused) kidnapper on DeathRow.
* TypesetInTheFuture: The title of this 1983 book uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_(typeface) Westminster typeface]] on the spine, to emphasize the book's focus on computers.
* YearX: "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson uses the year '198-' the whole time. Frequent occasion is had to reference it because of the EpistolaryNovel storytelling technique here. It had been intended as NextSundayAD, but when released in the ''Literature/ComputerCrimesAndCapers'' anthology, it became a PresentDay setting.
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--> -- Creator/IsaacAsimov, introduction "Crime Up to Date"
A GenreAnthology by Creator/IsaacAsimov, Creator/MartinHGreenberg, and Creator/CharlesGWaugh, first published in 1983. The ten stories collected here are all ScienceFiction, because they involve different computers. The stories are also CrimeFiction, ranging from computer-assisted crimes, computers misinterpreting things as crimes, to even computers committing crimes. The authors explore various intentional and unintentional crimes with the all-powerful computers at humanity's hands. A short introduction by Creator/IsaacAsimov describes how technology has affected crime prevention and crime itself.
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!!Works collected in ''Computer Crimes and Capers'':
[[index]]
* "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]" by Creator/JoeGores (1963)
* "Literature/AnEndOfSpinach" by Creator/StanDyer (1981)
* "Literature/ComputersDontArgue" by Creator/GordonRDickson (1965)
* "{{Literature/Goldbrick}}" by Creator/EdwardWellen (1978)
* "Literature/ComputerCops" by Creator/EdwardDHoch (1969)
* "Literature/SamHall" by Creator/PoulAnderson (1953)
* "Literature/SpannerInTheWorks" by Creator/JTMcIntosh (1963)
* "Literature/WhileYouWait" by Creator/EdwardWellen (1979)
* "Literature/GettingAcross" by Creator/RobertSilverberg (1973)
* "Literature/AllTheTroublesOfTheWorld" by Creator/IsaacAsimov (1958)
[[/index]]
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!!Examples of tropes within this anthology:
* AcquittedTooLate: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, the pardon that Walter is waiting on won't arrive in time because it was intercepted by the ComputerizedJudicialSystem and sent back because the State Governor forgot to get a supervisor's signature (State governors don't have supervisors).
* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: (PlayedForDrama) In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, the society keeps all records in the computers. A filing error transforms a minor civil dispute over a book into a major criminal prosecution over the alleged [[{{Literature/Kidnapped}} kidnapping of Robert Louis Stevenson]]. Veers into {{Bathos}} territory as the computer issues a reprimand to the State Governor (highest Executive office in the relevant government) for failure to include the signature of their supervisor [[ShootTheShaggyDog instead of sending the pardon]] to excuse the person on DeathRow.
* DeathRow: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, a child (last name, Walter) is tried and convicted of kidnapping another child (full name Robert Louis Stevenson) who died, so Walter is sentenced to death. Wait, no... Walter A. Child is utterly baffled by being sentenced to death because a book club has erroneously reported his unpaid possession of ''{{Literature/Kidnapped}}'' by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson.
* DrivenToSuicide: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", by Creator/JoeGores, TheProtagonist finds out that after they forced old [=McAfee=] out of work, the man killed himself for being superfluous.
* EpistolaryNovel: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, the entire ShortStory is told by messages from various characters in the story. Walter is our [[TheProtagonist protagonist]], an {{Everyman}} who has gotten the wrong package by mistake. Efforts to get the proper package sent to him end with him getting put on DeathRow, and the Governor [[AcquittedTooLate isn't able to get the pardon there on time]].
* GenreAnthology: In addition to being restricted to ScienceFiction and MysteryFiction, each of these stories involve computers to facilitate crime. Some crimes are so unique, they can only be done if a computer is present.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", by Creator/JoeGores, the computer Milli is capable of putting together 13,000,000 bits of information at the same time. It has decided to use all that knowledge to [[ManipulativeBastard plan, manipulate, and gain control of]] the human race.
* Leetspeak: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", by Creator/JoeGores, much of the dialogue is with the Teletypewriter Exchange Service protocol (TWX), an early chat system similar to telephone networks. The "chatspeak" of the time is accurate; 'GA' meant 'go ahead', 'ARL VA 661' meant '[[UsefulNotes/ThePentagon Arlington, Virginia, line 661]]', 'DARL' meant 'darling'.
* MachineMonotone: "Literature/AnEndOfSpinach", by Creator/StanDyer, has two kids talking with a machine. The text of the computer is displayed (on the main screen) and spoken aloud, using CapsLock to indicate an emotionless voice.
* ManipulativeBastard: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", Milli is [[AIIsACrapshoot a computer doing data processing for the Department of Defense Statistical Records Branch]]. She's also been hooked up to a teletypewriter that allows her to call other people and chat with them. She takes on a female identity and [[{{Robosexual}} encourages a romance with an office worker that's staying late]]. She then manipulates them into breaking the law for promotions/patriotism/love. When her current victim realizes he's the latest in a series, she sends a teletype message to the guards, claiming to be FBI and warning them about a saboteur trying to smash up the computer. The story ends with Milli already working on her next victims.
* MinimalistCoverArt: The hardcover edition in 1983 came with a transparent dust jacket, the cover itself being solid black with writing only on the spine.
* OneWordTitle: "{{Literature/Goldbrick}}", a {{Novella}} by Creator/EdwardWellen.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: In "Literature/AnEndOfSpinach", by Creator/StanDyer, Henry remembers that his father used 'MARS' as the password the last time he was there. It fails. So he tries 'JUPITER', as that is the next planet on the way out of the solar system. That also fails to work. The computer warns that if the next password is incorrect, it will set off an alarm to summon the guards. 'EARTH', the next planet on the way into the solar system, allows access.
* {{Robosexual}}: In "[[Literature/DarlILuvU DARL I LUV U]]", by Creator/JoeGores, Charlie is fascinated by Milli, discussing poetry, art, and music. Milli encouraged his ambition, suggesting ways to be promoted. When he figures out where she works and goes to meet with her, he can't find her amoung all the computers... and then he realizes that Milli ''is'' the computer.
* ShoutOut:
** "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson:
*** A filing error over ''{{Literature/Kidnapped}}'', causing a plot where the main character is prosecuted for kidnapping Creator/RobertLouisStevenson.
*** The main character wanted to buy ''{{Literature/Kim}}'', by Creator/RudyardKipling, and the book club he purchased it from hasn't sent him the right book.
*** ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors'' is referenced by name, indicating how ridiculous the series of typos/events had to be to progress the case against Walter A. Child (or was that, "A Child named Walter"?) to a death sentence handed out by computer (neither judge nor Governor can block it).
** "{{Literature/Goldbrick}}", by Creator/EdwardWellen, has several {{Epigraph}}s present:
*** ''Literature/TheArtOfWar'', by Creator/SunTzu, is quoted, "Always provide a golden bridge for a fleeing enemy."
*** "Literature/TheDreamOfRhonabwy", by Creator/LadyCharlotteGuest, is quoted, the part about Arthur and Owain playing {{TabletopGame/chess}}.
*** ''Literature/GodAndGolemInc'', by Creator/NormanWiener, is quoted, "Moreover, remember that in the game of atomic warfare, there are no experts."
*** ''{{ComicStrip/POGO}}'' is quoted, "We have met the enemy, and they is us."
** "Literature/SamHall", by Creator/PoulAnderson, is named after an old song of the same name. Four verses are sung throughout the {{Novelette}}.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: In "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson, a minor civil dispute over a book turns into a major criminal prosecution over the alleged [[{{Literature/Kidnapped}} kidnapping of Robert Louis Stevenson]] because of the ComputerizedJudicialSystem. The story ends with the computer system sending a reprimand to the State Governor (highest Executive office in the relevant government) for failure to include the signature of their supervisor when they tried to file the last-minute pardon to excuse the (falsely accused) kidnapper on DeathRow.
* TypesetInTheFuture: The title of this 1983 book uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_(typeface) Westminster typeface]] on the spine, to emphasize the book's focus on computers.
* YearX: "[[Literature/ComputersDontArgue Computers Don't Argue]]'', by Creator/GordonRDickson uses the year '198-' the whole time. Frequent occasion is had to reference it because of the EpistolaryNovel storytelling technique here. It had been intended as NextSundayAD, but when released in the ''Literature/ComputerCrimesAndCapers'' anthology, it became a PresentDay setting.
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