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Man vs. Machine
Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), John Helfers (Editor)
Daw, Jul 2007, $7.99
ISBN: 9780756404369
The premise hooked this reviewer who has always been fascinated by technology especially artificial intelligence since reading an early Fantastic 4 comic book involving Galactus first coming to dine on planet earth; enhanced by the real first Star Wars; and as John Helfers mentions in the Introduction the Terminator thrillers. Thus my bias is evident. To the credit of the contributors each of the tales is well written using varying approaches to the underlying theme of MAN VS. MACHINE. For instance “The Historian’s Apprentice” by S. Andrew Swann looks back to how we got into the mess we are in today while the “Last of the Fourth” by Bill Fawcett focuses on military sci fi as machine and man battle for supremacy. Each of the fifteen new short stories are fun to read as we have come a long way baby since “Sarah Connor versus a killer robot from the future” as affirmed by this strong anthology.
Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), John Helfers (Editor)
Daw, Jul 2007, $7.99
ISBN: 9780756404369
The premise hooked this reviewer who has always been fascinated by technology especially artificial intelligence since reading an early Fantastic 4 comic book involving Galactus first coming to dine on planet earth; enhanced by the real first Star Wars; and as John Helfers mentions in the Introduction the Terminator thrillers. Thus my bias is evident. To the credit of the contributors each of the tales is well written using varying approaches to the underlying theme of MAN VS. MACHINE. For instance “The Historian’s Apprentice” by S. Andrew Swann looks back to how we got into the mess we are in today while the “Last of the Fourth” by Bill Fawcett focuses on military sci fi as machine and man battle for supremacy. Each of the fifteen new short stories are fun to read as we have come a long way baby since “Sarah Connor versus a killer robot from the future” as affirmed by this strong anthology.
