Machine Man

Max Barry

ISBN 10: 0307476898 / ISBN 13: 9780307476890

Published by Vintage August 2011, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Machine Man
• Publisher: Vintage August 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307476898
• ISBN 13: 9780307476890
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

Scientist Charles Neumann loses a leg in an industrial accident. It's not a tragedy. It's an opportunity. Charlie always thought his body could be better. He begins to explore a few ideas. To build parts. Better parts.

Prosthetist Lola Shanks loves a good artificial limb. In Charlie, she sees a man on his way to becoming artificial everything. But others see a madman. Or a product. Or a weapon.

A story for the age of pervasive technology, Machine Man is a gruesomely funny unraveling of one man's quest for ultimate self-improvement.

About the Author

Max Barry began removing parts at an early age. In 1999, he successfully excised a steady job at tech giant HP in order to upgrade to the more compatible alternative of manufacturing fiction. While producing three novels, he developed the online nation simulation game NationStates, as well as contributing to various open source software projects and developing religious views on operating systems. He did not leave the house much. For Machine Man, Max wrote a website to deliver pages of fiction to readers via email and RSS. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and two daughters, and is 38 years old. He uses vi.