The Clockwork Man
$36.67
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2022
Summary
In the first-ever novel about a cyborg, a machine-enhanced man from a multiverse of the far future visits 1920s England.
In 1920s England, a strange being crashes a village cricket game. After some glitchy, jerky attempts to communicate, this creature reveals that he is a machine-enhanced human from a multiverse thousands of years in the future. The mechanism implanted in his skull has malfunctioned, sending him tumbling through time onto the green grass of the cricket field. Apparent…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543439 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262543435 |
| Author: | E.V. Odle, Annalee Newitz |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 17 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | MIT Press / Radium Age |
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Critics Review
“An excellent example of the promise of the Radium Age series, giving deserved attention to a hilarious and prescient work of science fiction that has almost been forgotten.”– Shelf Awareness
“An excellent example of the promise of the Radium Age series, giving deserved attention to a hilarious and prescient work of science fiction that has almost been forgotten.”
—Shelf Awareness
“Fluidity versus fixedness as markers of peace versus conflict is a strikingly resonant argument to find in a novel that’s just under a century old, and it more than justifies time spent in the company of The Clockwork Man.”
—The Los Angeles Review of Books
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“A huge effort to help define a new era of science fiction.”
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“An excellent start at showcasing the strange wonders offered by the Radium Age.”
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E.V. Odle
E. V. Odle (1890-1942) was a Bloomsbury-adjacent magazine editor in London.
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