The Clockwork Man |
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Author:
| Odle, Edwin Vincent |
Introduction by:
| Newitz, Annalee |
Series title: | The Radium Age Science Fiction Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-935869-63-4 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
Publisher: | Cursor
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $13.95 |
Book Description:
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Several thousand years from now, advanced humanoids known as the Makers will implant clockwork devicesinto our heads. At the cost of a certain amount of agency, these devices will permit us to move unhinderedthrough time and space, and to live complacent, wellregulatedlives. However, when one of these devices goesawry, a "clockwork man" appears accidentally in the 1920s, at a cricket match in a small English village.Comical yet mindblowinghijinks ensue.
Several thousand years from now, advanced humanoids known as the Makers will implant clockwork devicesinto our heads. At the cost of a certain amount of agency, these devices will permit us to move unhinderedthrough time and space, and to live complacent, wellregulatedlives. However, when one of these devices goesawry, a "clockwork man" appears accidentally in the 1920s, at a cricket match in a small English village.Comical yet mindblowinghijinks ensue.