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Title: The Machine That Saved The World
Series Title: Produced from Amazing Stories December 1957.
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Graeme Mackreth and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "The Machine That Saved The World" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novella published in the late 1950s. The story revolves around bizarre broadcasts received from an unknown source, which disrupt communication devices worldwide and lead to a panic among military and scientific authorities. The tale delves into themes of technology, communication, and the possible consequences of future knowledge reaching the present. The narrative follows Sergeant Bellews, a technician in charge of rehabilitating advanced Mahon-modified machines, as he encounters a series of strange broadcasts that hint at a grave future threat to humanity. These signals suggest the potential for intertemporal communication, with one broadcast warning about a deadly mutation of a bacteria that could wipe out half the population. As the story develops, Bellews and a team of scientists work to decipher these ominous communications, ultimately realizing that the broadcasts might come from a perilous agenda rather than a benevolent warning. Tensions rise as they uncover a deceptive threat that could lead to humanity's destruction, forcing them to confront the ethical implications of their technological advancements and the responsibilities that come with them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 76.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Leinster, Murray, 1896-1975
EBook No.: 26174
Published: Aug 2, 2008
Downloads: 154
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction, American
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Machine That Saved The World
Series Title: Produced from Amazing Stories December 1957.
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Graeme Mackreth and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "The Machine That Saved The World" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novella published in the late 1950s. The story revolves around bizarre broadcasts received from an unknown source, which disrupt communication devices worldwide and lead to a panic among military and scientific authorities. The tale delves into themes of technology, communication, and the possible consequences of future knowledge reaching the present. The narrative follows Sergeant Bellews, a technician in charge of rehabilitating advanced Mahon-modified machines, as he encounters a series of strange broadcasts that hint at a grave future threat to humanity. These signals suggest the potential for intertemporal communication, with one broadcast warning about a deadly mutation of a bacteria that could wipe out half the population. As the story develops, Bellews and a team of scientists work to decipher these ominous communications, ultimately realizing that the broadcasts might come from a perilous agenda rather than a benevolent warning. Tensions rise as they uncover a deceptive threat that could lead to humanity's destruction, forcing them to confront the ethical implications of their technological advancements and the responsibilities that come with them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 76.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Leinster, Murray, 1896-1975
EBook No.: 26174
Published: Aug 2, 2008
Downloads: 154
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction, American
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.