"Fairy Tales for Computers" is a selection of stories, statements, and prophecies.... The book contains "The Machine Stops" by E. M. Forster; "The Nature Theatre of Oklahoma" from Amerika by Franz Kafka; "Notes On A Dream" from the early diaries of Theodor Herzl; "The Book of the Machines" from Erewhon by Samuel Butler; passages entitled "On Intelligence" from the essays of Paul Valéry; and "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen. -- publisher''''s statement.