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Summary
(From the publisher):
When man faces doom from outer space, he must choose between escape to other worlds or life in giant cocoons.
MACHINES THAT MASTER MEN
A network of mechanical robots, mastered by a central nuclear computer, abolished crime and poverty in the city--and destroyed initiative. Only one man remained who had the power to save the others.
Contents:
- Introduction by Damon Knight
- Single Combat by Robert Abernathy
- Dumb Waiter by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
- Jesting Pilot by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
- "It's Great to Be Back!" by Robert A. Heinlein
- Billennium by J. G. Ballard
- Okie [Earthman, Come Home] by James Blish
- The Luckiest Man in Denv by C. M. Kornbluth
- The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster
- The Underprivileged by Brian W. Aldiss
- By the Waters of Babylon [The Place of the Gods] by Stephen Vincent Benét
- Forgetfulness by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Original title: Cities of Wonder
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Technology
Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Planets & Societies→ Future Earths
The following works are contained within this one:
Machine Stops, the (1909) [Novelette]
Author: E. M. Forster
By the Waters of Babylon (1937) [Short Story]
Author: Stephen Vincent Benét
Forgetfulness (1937) [Novelette]
Authors: Don A. Stuart
, John W. Campbell
Jesting Pilot (1947) [Short Story]
Authors: Henry Kuttner
, Catherine Lucille (C.L.) Moore
"It's Great to Be Back!" (1947) [Short Story]
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Okie (1950) [Novelette]
Author: James Blish
Dumb Waiter (1952) [Novelette]
Author: Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Luckiest Man in Denv, the (1952) [Short Story]
Author: Cyril M. Kornbluth
Single Combat (1955) [Short Story]
Author: Robert Abernathy
Billenium (1961) [Short Story]
Author: J. G. Ballard
Underprivileged, the (1963) [Short Story]
Author: Brian W. Aldiss
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