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Our Machinery

by Thaïs H. Miller

A machine is invented that converts the flesh of living human beings into a source of energy capable of powering the world.

Capital punishment Fiction Science fiction Survival
Author Thaïs H. Miller
Published 2008
Format Book

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About Our Machinery

A machine is invented that converts the flesh of living human beings into a source of energy capable of powering the world. First used as a means of capital punishment, the machine is soon put to use on 'volunteers': the terminally ill, the disenfranchised, the starving and helpless, those who feel they could do better for the ones they love by trading their flesh for monetary compensation. And as rumors spread that death by the machine produces a euphoria beyond imagination, people begin willfully sacrificing themselves to it by the hundreds of thousands. One woman attempts to stop the spread of the machine, to end the swell of suicide in the name of survival, and to find solace in a world descending more and more into amorality, hopelessness, and chaos.

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