Project Gutenberg 2009-12-29 Public domain in the USA. 162 Bova, Ben 1932 2020 Bova, Benjamin William Bovah, Ben Lewis, Myron R. Schoenherr, John 1935 2010 Schoenherr, Jack Schoenherr, John (John Carl) The Dueling Machine Produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction May 1963. Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Dueling Machine" by Ben Bova and Myron R. Lewis is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story explores a futuristic society where personal disputes are settled through a high-tech dueling machine that creates a shared hallucination for the participants, allowing them to engage in combat without physical harm. The main character, Prime Minister Dulaq, finds himself in a life-or-death duel against Major Odal, which not only threatens his life but also the political stability of the Acquataine Cluster. At the start of the narrative, Dulaq prepares for his duel within an intricate cityscape created by the machine, fully believing in the authenticity of the simulated environment. As he searches for Odal, the tension builds, revealing Dulaq's internal struggle and desperation as he attempts to navigate the surreal and often nightmarish world the machine conjures. While he grapples with the illusion of reality, the stakes of his fight go beyond personal survival, intertwining with broader political ramifications. This intricate setup lays the groundwork for a compelling exploration of power, technology, and the nature of conflict in a world where reality and fiction collide. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 165034 2025-07-12T13:37:18.300395 text/html 166605 2022-06-21T09:14:34 text/html 498946 2025-07-12T13:37:21.737395 application/epub+zip 500127 2025-07-12T13:37:19.188368 application/epub+zip 191299 2025-07-12T13:37:18.672403 application/epub+zip 573817 2025-07-12T13:37:23.811357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 556067 2025-07-12T13:37:21.334365 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248421 2022-09-14T08:30:33.107657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153545 2025-07-12T13:37:17.806399 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153346 2022-06-19T11:49:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20097 2025-07-12T13:37:23.950350 application/rdf+xml 21797 2025-07-12T13:37:18.857402 image/jpeg 3449 2025-07-12T13:37:18.763385 image/jpeg 58766 2022-06-19T12:18:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 604075 2022-06-21T09:14:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 612505 2025-07-12T13:37:18.335426 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia