Well, I'll go on with my small monologues here on the dark eldritch site. It's rather enjoyable. Like drifting alone in the abyss of space, with a quiet, loyal audience of some hundred or so ever present spirits, who rarely utter a word.
Anyway, the foremost stories I know of, telling of those haunting future machines, would be
The Voyage of the Space Beagle,
The City and the Stars, "Twilight", and "Night". ("Night" I finished half an hour ago. I don't think it was quite up to the same high quality as the small masterpiece "Twilight", but even so, very interesting.)
What the hell is this?! "Bismuth". It was mentioned in Campbell's story "Night".
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www.bismuthcrystal.com]
Good night, and good luck to you with the USA elections.