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The Ego Machine: A Positronic Book
Paperback
HorrorClassic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515404941
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Feb 21 2016
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A sharp, imaginative exploration of identity, consciousness, and transformation from one of the Golden Age's most versatile voices. In The Ego Machine, Henry Kuttner brings his characteristic blend of psychological insight and speculative ingenuity to bear on questions of selfhood and technological intervention. The story unfolds around a device capable of altering personality and perception, raising unsettling possibilities about the stability of identity and the limits of human control.
Kuttner-often writing alone or in collaboration with C. L. Moore-was a master of combining fast-moving narrative with deeper philosophical undercurrents. Here, the speculative premise becomes a vehicle for examining the fragility of the individual mind when subjected to external manipulation, anticipating later developments in science fiction concerned with consciousness, duplication, and artificial influence. The result is a compact yet resonant work that reflects the experimental energy of mid-twentieth-century genre fiction.
This edition restores a notable example of Kuttner's shorter fiction, presented for modern readers with clarity and fidelity to its original form, and situated within the broader tradition of classic science fiction exploration. Explore other exciting Positronic Books devoted to classic science fiction, fantasy, and mystery.
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