Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!JAFFE From: JAFFE@RUTGERS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: MECHASM by John Sladek Message-ID: <2566@topaz.ARPA> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 16:41:42 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.2566 Posted: Mon Jul 8 16:41:42 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 07:34:44 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 19 From: umcp-cs!mangoe (Charley Wingate) 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