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Machine Of Death: A Collection Of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die (2010)

by Ryan North(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0982167121 (ISBN13: 9780982167120)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Machines of Death

series

Machine of Death

review 1: After reading and absolutely loving the sequel to this anthology, This is How You Die, which I had won in a past giveaway, I just had to try Machine of Death. The result was a little disappointing, although part of me thinks it was because I had already read the better collection, but no less rewarding, which is why I gave it 4 1/2 stars, which Goodreads has graciously seen fit to cut down to four.This anthology, like its follower, still has the same tantalizing appeal of coming up with outrageous names for its stories, methods of dying according to the machine that you just can't wait to see how it will play out. The downside comes when instead of exploring how the machine impacts the individual, authors start to ramble on about whether the power of the machine is truly g... moreiving information from some higher power, or is instead acting as that higher power, and we are only doomed to a particular death after it has assigned it to us. Though such contemplation can be interesting, when nearly half the collection continues on in the same vein, then it can be a bit tedious. Still that isn't to say that some aren't worth reading if one is truly interested in the various impacts, dramatic, tragic, and even humorous that existentialism can have.
review 2: Un compendio de historias, la mayoría muy interesantes, basadas en la misma premisa: una máquina es capaz de decirte, tal vez con ambigüedad pero sin fallar, el cómo morirás.Pero no todas las historias tratan la muerte, sino el cómo las personas lidian con ella, y más aún, con el conocimiento y lo inevitable. Desde lo cómico hasta lo dramático, cada historia tiene su encanto, incluso en una frase.Muy recomendable, y la segunda parte promete también buenas historias. less

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