Changes: Albert Macklin

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"I like robots."

- Albert Macklin (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")

Albert Macklin was a Human science fiction writer for Incredible Tales magazine in the 1950s. His specialty was stories about robots.

A shy man with a stammer, Macklin's professed preference for robots over Humans was based largely on their being "uncomplicated". Though the other staff writers teased him about his predictable subject matter, Macklin took it in stride and his work was good enough to secure a contract to produce a novel about (not surprisingly) robots.

The stories Macklin wrote for the magazine include "Federation and Empire", "1001: First Odyssey", and "Me, Android".

When editor Douglas Pabst was unwilling to print Benny Russell's story about a black captain of a futuristic space station, Macklin suggested altering the story to make it a dream of a present-day man. Macklin once sold a novel to Gnome Press. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")

Albert Macklin was played by Colm Meaney. The character was an homage to Isaac Asimov. (Star Trek Monthly issue 40; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, pp. 536-537)

External link

Albert Macklin at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-'''Albert Macklin''' was a [[human]] [[science fiction]] writer for [[Incredible Tales]] [[magazine]] in the [[1950s]] whose specialty was stories about [[robot|robots]].
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+:''"I like robots."''
+::- '''Albert Macklin''' ({{DS9|Far Beyond the Stars}})
+'''Albert Macklin''' was a [[Human]] [[science fiction]] writer for ''[[Incredible Tales]]'' [[magazine]] in the [[1950s]]. His specialty was stories about [[robot]]s.
-A shy, stammering man, Macklin's professed preference for robots over humans was based largely on their being "uncomplicated".  Though the other staff writers teased him about his predictable subject matter, Macklin took it in stride and his work was good enough to secure a contract to produce a novel (not surprisingly) about robots.
+A shy man with a stammer, Macklin's professed preference for robots over Humans was based largely on their being "uncomplicated". Though the other staff writers teased him about his predictable subject matter, Macklin took it in stride and his work was good enough to secure a contract to produce a novel about (not surprisingly) robots.
-When editor [[Douglas Pabst]] was unwilling to print [[Benny Russell]]'s story about a black captain of a futuristic space station, Macklin suggested altering the story to make it a dream of a present-day man.  ([[DS9]]: "[[Far Beyond the Stars]]")
+The stories Macklin wrote for the magazine include "[[Federation and Empire (story)|Federation and Empire]]", "[[1001: First Odyssey]]", and "[[Me, Android]]".
-:''Albert Macklin was played by [[Colm Meaney]]. It is possible that Macklin was intended to be a substitute for science-fiction and science writer Isaac Asimov as robots play a heavy role in Macklin's writing (Asimov was the creator of the "Three Laws of Robotics") and two of Macklin's stories, "Federation and Empire" and "Third Foundation" are exceptionally similar to the names of two of Asimov's stories, "Robots and Empire" and "Second Foundation." There is also a strong physical resemblence between Macklin and the young Asimov.''
+When editor [[Douglas Pabst]] was unwilling to print [[Benny Russell]]'s story about a black captain of a futuristic [[space station]], Macklin suggested altering the story to make it a dream of a present-day man. Macklin once sold a novel to [[Gnome Press]]. ({{DS9|Far Beyond the Stars}})
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