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'''Zelazny, Roger. "For a Breath I Tarry."''' ''New Worlds'' March 1966; corrected version, ''Fantastic'' Sept. 1966. Coll. ''The Last Defender of Camelot.'' New York: Pocket, 1980. Frequently rpt., including in ''Survival Printout'', and T''he Theme of the Machine''—both cited above under Anthologies. See Contento, ''Index'', for additional rpts. [[Category: Fiction]]

		On an Earth where only the machines remain and rule, a machine transforms itself into a man. Discussed in detail in three essays in ''TMG'': see under Literary Criticism, R. Reilly, "How Machines Become Human," J. Sanders's "Tools/Mirrors," and C. Yoke's "What a Piece of Work . . . ."[[http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mechanical_God,_The:_Machines_in_Science_Fiction]]