Colossus (novel)

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**Title** **Colossus**
Author	Dennis Feltham Jones
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	The Colossus Trilogy
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd
Released	1966
Media type	Print (Paperback)
ISBN	NA
Followed by	The Fall of Colossus

Colossus is a science fiction novel written in 1966 by the British author Dennis Feltham Jones. The book was made into a film in 1970 called Colossus: The Forbin Project.

Man creates the ultimate machine... COLOSSUS, and it assumes responsibility for the defence of the free world... but the Russians have developed a near relative, the GUARDIAN... both possessed of unforeseen and frightening side effects... the machines prove capable of free thought... and threats.

1 Trivia
2 Quotes
3 Editions
4 See also

[edit] Trivia

The world is divided into continental unions such as the U.S.N.A (North America), U.S.E (United States of Europe), the Pan-Afric Republic, the U.S.S.R, and the U.S.S.A (South America).

Colossus cites Shakespeare's Sonnet CXVI as the best written definition of love.

After forcing officers to execute its enemies, Colossus would order their heads to be removed or the bodies to be submerged in its view to ensure no trickery.