A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster, a short story (and the title of an anthology edited by author Eric Flint), comes eerily close to describing the modern Internet of today.

The story was written circa 1946 and first published in Astounding in March 1946, under Leinster’s real name of Will F. Jenkins.

Now deceased, the book is a compilation of some of Leinster-Jenkin’s writing from his estate. This story is provided online with enough information to order the book. It is available in e-book format.

http://baen.com/chapters/W200506/0743499107___2.htm

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