Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories about People Who Know How They Will Die - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0982167121 ISBN 13: 9780982167120

Verlag: MACHINES OF DEATH, 2010

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"Machine of Death" is a marvelous collection, riddled with intelligence, creative reach, and a frankness that makes the best use of the central gimmick. -- Tasha Robinson, "The Onion" A.V. Club

""Machine of Death" is a marvelous collection, riddled with intelligence, creative reach, and a frankness that makes the best use of the central gimmick." -- Tasha Robinson, "The Onion" A.V. Club

"For an anthology that deals with the inevitability of death, "Machine of Death" is a lot of fun. The editors knew not to start off heavy, nor does the tone of the anthology lean too long in any direction, providing a lot of singular entertainment for the reader . . . Highly engaging, interestingly crowdsourced, and crafted with a great deal of care. You'll be thinking about it long after you're through reading." -- Chris Greenwood, TOR.com

"The only consistent entity is the presence of the Machine of Death; the appearance of the machine, the depth of its integration into culture, and peoples' responses to it and its predictions vary from story to story. This is both wonderful and frustrating -- each story offers up a uniquely interesting take on the Machine of Death, which is impressive, but sometimes I found myself so taken in by one writer's universe that I wanted it to serve as canon to the rest of the book. It's not a bad complaint to have, and it's the only one I can muster . . . The book is just too good to pass up." -- Andrew Cunningham, Charge Shot!!!

"Picking just one good story in the "Machine of Death" anthology is like any of its characters escaping their foretold deaths -- impossible." Rating: 4/4 -- Christine Cabalo, "Hawaii Marine"

"Recalls the best writings of Harlan Ellison and Charles Beaumont and easily one of the most engaging slices of short stories I've had the pleasure to read in quite a long while. After all the years of picking up short story collections that inevitably disappoint, Machine of Death brought me laughs, terror and tears . . . Highly recommended." -- Maurice Greenwood, "Paradox Magazine"
"Machine of Death is a marvelous collection, riddled with intelligence, creative reach, and a frankness that makes the best use of the central gimmick." Tasha Robinson, The Onion A.V. Club
"For an anthology that deals with the inevitability of death, Machine of Death is a lot of fun. The editors knew not to start off heavy, nor does the tone of the anthology lean too long in any direction, providing a lot of singular entertainment for the reader . . . Highly engaging, interestingly crowdsourced, and crafted with a great deal of care. You ll be thinking about it long after you re through reading." Chris Greenwood, TOR.com
"The only consistent entity is the presence of the Machine of Death; the appearance of the machine, the depth of its integration into culture, and peoples responses to it and its predictions vary from story to story. This is both wonderful and frustrating each story offers up a uniquely interesting take on the Machine of Death, which is impressive, but sometimes I found myself so taken in by one writer s universe that I wanted it to serve as canon to the rest of the book. It s not a bad complaint to have, and it s the only one I can muster . . . The book is just too good to pass up." Andrew Cunningham, Charge Shot!!!
"Picking just one good story in the Machine of Death anthology is like any of its characters escaping their foretold deaths impossible." Rating: 4/4 Christine Cabalo, Hawaii Marine
"Recalls the best writings of Harlan Ellison and Charles Beaumont and easily one of the most engaging slices of short stories I ve had the pleasure to read in quite a long while. After all the years of picking up short story collections that inevitably disappoint, Machine of Death brought me laughs, terror and tears . . . Highly recommended." Maurice Greenwood, Paradox Magazine
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It didn't give you the date and it didn't give you specifics. It just spat out a sliver of paper upon which were printed, in careful block letters, the words Drowned or Cancer or Old Age or Choked on a Handuful of Popcorn. And it was frustratingly vague in its predictions: dark, and seemingly delighting in the ambiguities of language. Old Age, it had already turned out, could mean either dying of natural causes, or shot by a bedridden man in a botched home invasion. The machine captured that old-world sense of irony in death - you can know how it's going to happen, but you'll still be surprised when it does.

We tested it before announcing it to the world, but testing took time---too much, since we had to wait for people to die. After four years had gone by and three people died as the machine predicted, we shipped it out the door. There were now machines in every doctor's office and in booths at the mall. You could pay someone or you could probably get it done for free, but the result was the some no matter what machine you went to They were, at least, consistent.---from the introduction

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• Verlag: MACHINES OF DEATH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0982167121
• ISBN 13: 9780982167120
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 452
• Herausgeber: North Ryan, Bennardo Matthew, Malki David