Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!mangoe 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 Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.747 Posted: Fri Jul 5 15:32:57 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 06:04:31 EDT References: <430@osu-eddie.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 17 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