Matthew Bennardo
Auteur de This Is How You Die
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Œuvres de Matthew Bennardo
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 46, No. 11 & 12 [November/December 2022] (2022) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
How Do I Get to Last Summer from Here? 3 exemplaires
Outbound from Put-In-Bay 2 exemplaires
Water Finds Its Level 2 exemplaires
Nightmare 1 exemplaire
Starvation 1 exemplaire
Last Day At The Ice Man Café 1 exemplaire
Slowly Upward, The Coelacanth 1 exemplaire
Ghosts Of The Savannah 1 exemplaire
We Jump Down Into The Dark 1 exemplaire
The Herons of Mer de l’Ouest 1 exemplaire
A Vengeful Revenant 1 exemplaire
Forty-Eight Minutes At The Trainview Cafe 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die (2010) — Directeur de publication — 970 exemplaires
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight (2014) — Contributeur — 102 exemplaires
Heiresses of Russ 2015: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction (2015) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 38, No. 4 & 5 [April/May 2014] (2014) — Contributeur — 13 exemplaires
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 44, No. 9 & 10 [September/October 2020] (2020) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Daily Science Fiction: June 2020 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Daily Science Fiction: March 2020 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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I can't even tell you how great these stories were. Seriously, a choose your own adventure Machine of Death Story? A brochure for how to talk to your 6 year old about their CODT (cause of death testing) experience from the Department of Homeland Security - genius.
There were also stories that were so sad and painful but still amazing and beautiful.
You know, the older I get, the more I love the short story format and these were all very good short examples of the genre.
There were also stories that were so sad and painful but still amazing and beautiful.
You know, the older I get, the more I love the short story format and these were all very good short examples of the genre.
This is the second anthology of stories (and some cartoons) featuring the Machine of Death. (The first, imaginatively enough, was called Machine of Death.) What is the Machine of Death? It's a mysterious device that, when provided with a blood sample, will tell you how you die. It's short on details, and its answers are sometimes ambiguous, cryptic, or downright misleading, but they're never, ever wrong. No matter what you do.
A lot of the stories in this one expand the original idea in new directions. Some put versions of the death machine into different historical periods, the far future, or alternate fantasy worlds. Others toy a bit with the question of how the machine works in the first place. There are several that deal with the idea of fake machines and quite a few that take the idea that a person's death prediction never changes and enjoy trying to find a loophole in it, while others continue to explore the questions of how individuals and societies respond to such a thing.
And my feeling about this volume is much the same as with the first one. Individually, most of these stories aren't necessarily incredibly well-written or interesting (although there some very good exceptions). But a whole kaleidoscope of different explorations and interpretations of this idea is truly compelling, more than enough so to keep me engaged through two fairly thick books.… (plus d'informations)
A lot of the stories in this one expand the original idea in new directions. Some put versions of the death machine into different historical periods, the far future, or alternate fantasy worlds. Others toy a bit with the question of how the machine works in the first place. There are several that deal with the idea of fake machines and quite a few that take the idea that a person's death prediction never changes and enjoy trying to find a loophole in it, while others continue to explore the questions of how individuals and societies respond to such a thing.
And my feeling about this volume is much the same as with the first one. Individually, most of these stories aren't necessarily incredibly well-written or interesting (although there some very good exceptions). But a whole kaleidoscope of different explorations and interpretations of this idea is truly compelling, more than enough so to keep me engaged through two fairly thick books.… (plus d'informations)
What is life like when you know how you will die?
I enjoyed the first Machine of Death book, and I liked this one even more. These authors found a wide variety of ways to play with the basic concept, and set the stories stories in almost-as-diverse locations. Some of the stories are based on non-human characters, adding another layer of creativity to the endeavor.
I enjoyed the first Machine of Death book, and I liked this one even more. These authors found a wide variety of ways to play with the basic concept, and set the stories stories in almost-as-diverse locations. Some of the stories are based on non-human characters, adding another layer of creativity to the endeavor.
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- Œuvres
- 15
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- 27
- Membres
- 277
- Popularité
- #83,813
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 4
Except for one story - where the prediction is exactly how the creature is going to end up... guess you'll just have to read the book to find out which one!… (plus d'informations)