2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur Clarke

The voice stopped so suddenly that Bowman froze for a moment, his hand still grasping one of the memory blocks still in circuit. Then, unexpectedly, Hal spoke again. The speech tempo was much slower, and the words had a dead, mechanical intonation; he would never have recognized their origin.

"Good... morning... Doctor... Chandra... This is... Hal... I... am... ready... for... my first... lesson... today..."

Bowman could bear no more. He jerked out the last unit, and Hal was silent forever.

Chapter 28 - In Vacuum

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1. Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?
2. CHVRCHES - Science/Visions
3. Gang Gang Dance - Vacuum
4. NoiseUnit - Paranoid
5. Nine Inch Nails - Disappointed
6. The Faint - Agenda Suicide
7. Depeche Mode - Master and Servant
8. Orgy - Blue Monday
9. Front Line Assembly - Blood
10. Rechenzentrum - IBM
11. Phutureprimative - The Changeling

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