Three Laws of Robotics card-readers in "The Caves of Steel" have a capacity of only a few kilobytes per square centimeter of storage medium. "Aurora", in particular, presents a sequence of historical developments which explains the lack of nanotechnology — a partial retcon, in a sense, of Asimov's timeline. There are three Fourth Laws written by authors other than Asimov. The 1974 Lyuben Dilov novel, "Icarus's Way" (a.k.a., "The Trip of Icarus") introduced a Fourth Law of robotics: Dilov gives reasons for the fourth safeguard in this way: "The last Law has put an end to the expensive aberrations of designers to give psychorobots
Sci-Fi on the Rock already becoming tight as some workshops and panels had long line-ups and filled to capacity. On Sunday attendees and committee alike were surprised by an unplanned visit to the convention by past guest Eugene Simon, who said that when he realized he had the time he didn't want to miss it. The committee of Sci-Fi on the Rock is already hard at work planning for year 12. Sci-Fi on the Rock 12 will take place at the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland on April 6–8, 2018. Already announced is local cosplay guest Vanessa Pinsent Cosplay. Fat Apollo will be returning to be