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Wompler's Walking Babies aren't selling like they used to, so the company develops Project 32, producing self-replicating mechanisms designed to repair inter-cellular breakdowns. But then the metal boxes begin crawling about the laboratory, feeding voraciously on metal and multiplying.
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John Sladek was born in America in 1937 but moved to the UK in 1966, where he became involved with the British New-Wave movement. He began writing sf with 'The Happy Breed' which appeared in Dangerous Visions in 1967. He is now recognized as one of the most brilliant satirists of out time. His novels and short story collections include The Muller-Fokker Effect, Tik-Tok, Roderick and The Lunatics of Terra. He moved back to Minneapolis in the mid-1980s, where he died in March 2000.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Collectors Edition. Wompler's Walking Babies once put Milford Utah, on the map. But they aren't selling like they used to. In fact, they aren't selling at all, and the only alternative to winding up the company is to tap the government for a research grant. And so Wompler Research Laboratories and project 32 come into being. The plan is to produce self-replicating mechanisms; identical cells equipped to repair intracellular breakdowns, convert power from their environement and create new cells. But suddenly the nondescript grey boxes are crawling around the laboratory, feeding voraciously on any metal they come across - and multiplying at an alarming rate.John Sladek's first SF novel, The Reproductive System announced the arrival of one of the most imaginative and funniest of all modern American SF writers. Tinged with melancholy and imbued with insight, it is a classic novel that explores the relationship between humans and robots. Seller Inventory # 008588
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Paperback: 8½" x 5½". Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Cover Art: Sue Michniewicz (illustrator). 2000 Edition. © 1968: A stand-alone novel by John Sladek. 1st printing of 2002 edition. A part of the Gollancz SF Collectors' Editions series of books:- Synopsis: Wompler's Walking Babies once put Millford, Utah, on the map. But they aren't selling like they used to. In fact, they aren't selling at all, and the only alternative to winding up the company is to tap the government for a research grant. And so Wompler Research Laboratories and project 32 come into being. The plan is to produce self-replicating mechanisms; identical cells equipped to repair intracellular breakdowns, convert power from their environment and create new cells. But suddenly the nondescript grey boxes are crawling around the laboratory, feeding voraciously on any metal they come across - and multiplying at an alarming rate. John Sladek's first SF novel, 'The Reproductive System' announced the arrival of one of the most imaginative and funniest of all modern American SF writers. Tinged with melancholy and imbued with insight, it is a classic novel that explores the relationship between humans and robots:- Review(s): "Tremendously funny and farcical. Torrents of invention and good-humoured malice" - Brian W Aldiss / "Brilliant" - J G Ballard / "Superb entertainment. It is full of invention, wit and subtly sad comedy. Will surely become a classic" - Sunday Times:- (original cost £9.99). Seller Inventory # 20.047.00003
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