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| − | Breuer, Miles J. . "Mechanocracy." ''Amazing'' April 1932. Collected ''The Man with the Strange Head and Other Early Science Fiction Stories'' (Bison Frontiers of Imagination, University of Nebraska Press). Michael R. Page, editor. Lincoln, Nebraska: Bison Books, 2008.[https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Science-Fiction-Frontiers-Imagination/dp/0803215878][https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9780803215870/] | + | '''Breuer, Miles J. . "Mechanocracy."''' ''Amazing'' April 1932. Collected ''The Man with the Strange Head and Other Early Science Fiction Stories'' (Bison Frontiers of Imagination, University of Nebraska Press). Michael R. Page, editor. Lincoln, Nebraska: Bison Books, 2008.[https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Science-Fiction-Frontiers-Imagination/dp/0803215878][https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9780803215870/] |
From Page's Introduction (p. xxvii): This story | From Page's Introduction (p. xxvii): This story | ||
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| − | [...] continues the dystopian themes from ''Paradise and Iron'' and "A Problem in Communication." Like Nat Schachner [...] Breuer presents a world in which the machine-systems | + | [...] continues the dystopian themes from ''Paradise and Iron'' and "A Problem in Communication." Like Nat Schachner [...] Breuer presents a world in which the machine-systems have taken over, and humans have become more machine-like in their passive adherence to the dictates of the machine. The story recalls E. M. Foster's classic "[[The Machine Stops]]" (1909) and Fritz Lang's stunning film ''[[METROPOLIS|Metropolis]]'' (1927). We see the theme of an all-controlling machine intelligence used frequently in later science fiction, as in Poul Anderson's cold war parable, "[[Sam Hall]]," Thomas N. Scortia's fine novella "[[The Shores of Night]]," John Brunner's important novel ''[[The Shockwave Rider]]'', and most famously in Harlan Ellison's "[[Repent Harlequin, Said the Ticktockman]]." |
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Revision as of 21:49, 29 June 2020
Breuer, Miles J. . "Mechanocracy." Amazing April 1932. Collected The Man with the Strange Head and Other Early Science Fiction Stories (Bison Frontiers of Imagination, University of Nebraska Press). Michael R. Page, editor. Lincoln, Nebraska: Bison Books, 2008.[1][2]
From Page's Introduction (p. xxvii): This story
[...] continues the dystopian themes from Paradise and Iron and "A Problem in Communication." Like Nat Schachner [...] Breuer presents a world in which the machine-systems have taken over, and humans have become more machine-like in their passive adherence to the dictates of the machine. The story recalls E. M. Foster's classic "The Machine Stops" (1909) and Fritz Lang's stunning film Metropolis (1927). We see the theme of an all-controlling machine intelligence used frequently in later science fiction, as in Poul Anderson's cold war parable, "Sam Hall," Thomas N. Scortia's fine novella "The Shores of Night," John Brunner's important novel The Shockwave Rider, and most famously in Harlan Ellison's "Repent Harlequin, Said the Ticktockman."
