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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: MECHASM by John Sladek
Message-ID: <747@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 15:32:57 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  5 15:32:57 1985
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Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD
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In article <430@osu-eddie.UUCP> lum@osu-eddie.UUCP (Lum Johnson) writes:

>Another farce by John T Sladek, in a somewhat lighter vein,
>is "The Reproductive System" (also published as "Mechasm"), c ?
>(sorry, the copyright page has fallen out of my copy).
>
>"... a new kind of machine that can feed on any metal and drink at
>power outlets in order to grow and reproduce itself.  But the system
>quickly gets out of control [su-prise!su-prise!], and almost before
>its creators realize what's happening the gray box-like machines are
>well on their way to conquering and absorbing the entire state of
>Utah, then the United States, and tomorrow ... the world?"

I read _Mechasm_, and enjoyed it a lot.  It's interesting to compare it with
_The Cyberiad_ (Stanislaw Lem).

Charley Wingate  umcp-cs!mangoe