Synopsis
SCIENCE FICTION-THE MORONIC OWNERS OF A MORIBUND BABY-DOLL FACTORY CON THE U.S.GOVERNMENT INTO PROVIDING MASSIVE RESEARCH FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF REPRODUCING MACHINES.BUT THE SUCCESSFUL REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM GETS OUT OF HAND;AND THE LITTLE MACHINES MULTIPLY WITH PARTHENOGENETIC FRENZY,GOBBLING UP ALL THE METAL AND ENERGY THEY CAN FIND,AND NIBBLING AWAY AT THE ENTIRE FABRIC OF OUR MASS PRODUCED CIVILISATION.
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'Superb entertainment. It is full of invention, wit and subtly sad comedy... Will surely become a classic' The Sunday Times
About the Author
John Sladek (1937 - 2000)
John Sladek was born in Iowa in 1937 but moved to the UK in 1966, where he became involved with the British New Wave movement, centred on Michael Moorcock's groundbreaking New Worlds magazine. Sladek began writing SF with 'The Happy Breed', which appeared in Harlan Ellison's seminal anthology Dangerous Visions in 1967, and is now recognized as one of SF's most brilliant satirists. His novels and short story collections include The Muller Fokker Effect, Roderick and Tik Tok, for which he won a BSFA Award. He returned to the United States in 1986, and died there in March 2000.
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