"The Machine"
| Title | "The Machine" |
| Year for Search | 1935 |
| Authors | [Campbell], [John Wood] [Jr.](1910-71) |
| Tertiary Authors | Stuart, Don A. [pseud.] |
| Secondary Title | Astounding Stories |
| Volume / Edition | 14.6 |
| Pagination | 70 |
| Date Published | February 1935 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | A flawed utopia. In this case the flaw is complete dependence on a machine intelligence. First story in a sequence, followed by “The Invaders.” Illus. [Elliott] Dold. Astounding Stories 15.4 (June 1935): 54-67 in which aliens invade Earth and, while settling the planet, work to reinvigorate the humans who had become so dependent of machine intelligence; and “Rebellion.” Illus. [Elliott] Dold. Astounding Stories 15.6 (August 1935): 64-85 in which humans, with their intelligence revived, expel the aliens. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories. Ed. James A. Mann (Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2003), 53-68. |
| Illustration | [Elliott] Dold |
| Pseudonym | Don A. Stuart [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (1910-71) |
| Full Text | 1935 [Campbell, John Wood, [Jr.] (1910-71)]. “The Machine.” Illus. [Elliott] Dold. Astounding Stories 14.6 (February 1935): 70-. Rpt. in A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories. Ed. James A. Mann (Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2003), 53-68. PSt US A flawed utopia. In this case the flaw is complete dependence on a machine intelligence. First story in a sequence, followed by “The Invaders.” Illus. [Elliott] Dold. Astounding Stories 15.4 (June 1935): 54-67 in which aliens invade Earth and, while settling the planet, work to reinvigorate the humans who had become so dependent of machine intelligence; and “Rebellion.” Illus. [Elliott] Dold. Astounding Stories 15.6 (August 1935): 64-85 in which humans, with their intelligence revived, expel the aliens. |
