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Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories about People Who Know How They Will Die Paperback - 2010

by Ryan North (Editor); Matthew Bennardo (Editor); David Malki (Editor)

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Machine of Death tells 34 stories about people who know how they will die. The machine doesn't give the date or specifics; using only a blood sample, it just spits out a sliver of paper upon which are printed, in careful block letters, words such as drowned, cancer, old age, or choked on a handful of popcorn. The realization that we could now know how we are going to die changes the world: people became at once less fearful and more afraid. For every possibility the machine closes, it seems to open several more, with varying degrees of plausibility. Over time the machine is reverse-engineered and duplicated. Eventually there are machines in every doctor's office and in booths at the mall. People can pay someone or perhaps get it done for free, but the results are the same no matter which machine is used -- they are, at least, consistent.

Machine of Death features stories by Randall Munroe, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, Tom Francis, Camille Alexa, Erin McKean, Jeff Stautz, and many others. The book also features illustrations by Kate Beaton, Kazu Kibuishi, Aaron Diaz, Jeffrey Brown, Scott C., Roger Langridge, Karl Kerschl, Cameron Stewart, and many others.

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  • Title Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories about People Who Know How They Will Die
  • Author Ryan North (Editor); Matthew Bennardo (Editor); David Malki (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Machines of Death, Venice, CA
  • Publication date 2010-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780982167120 / 0982167121
  • Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 6.04 x 0.97 in (22.83 x 15.34 x 2.46 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Death, Fantasy fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Ryan North is an author who lives in Toronto. He writes a comic strip called "Dinosaur Comics" which you can pick up in book form at your local bookstore, or which you can just read for free at Qwantz.com. They're pretty okay!

Matthew Bennardo has lived in Cleveland for the past twenty years. His stories have previously been published in Asimov's Science Fiction and Strange Horizons, among other markets.

David Malki ! is the author of the Eisner-, Harvey- and Ignatz-nominated comic strip "Wondermark." His latest collection is Dapper Caps & Pedal-Copters, published by Dark Horse Books. He lives in Los Angeles and he likes to fly airplanes. Read his comics at Wondermark.com.

Randall Munroe, a cartoonist from southern Virginia, is the creator of the webcomic "xkcd" (xkcd.com), one of the most popular comics on the Internet. Formerly a roboticist at NASA, he now makes a living writing comics. He spends his time drawing, traveling, and training computers to beat humans at Rock-Paper-Scissors. He lives in Massachusetts.

Kate Beaton draws men in fancy hats for a living. On an exciting day she'll draw a character with epaulets. Visit her at Harkavagrant.com.

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