{"product_id":"the-clockwork-man-9781935869634","title":"The Clockwork Man","description":"Several thousand years from now, advanced humanoids known as the Makers will implant clockwork devices into our heads. At the cost of a certain amount of agency, these devices will permit us to move unhindered through time and space, and to live complacent, well-regulated lives. However, when one of these devices goes awry, a \"clockwork man\" appears accidentally in the 1920s, at a cricket match in a small English village. Comical yet mind-blowing hijinks ensue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsidered the first cyborg novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Clockwork Man\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1923 -- the same year as Karel Capek's pioneering android play, \u003ci\u003eR.U.R.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdwin Vincent Odle\u003c\/b\u003e (1890-1942) was founding editor of the British short-story magazine \u003ci\u003eArgosy\u003c\/i\u003e, and a member of avant-garde author Dorothy Richardson's circle. Odle's only other science fiction novel was never published, and is now lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnalee Newitz\u003c\/b\u003e is editor-in-chief of the science fiction and science blog io9. She's the author of \u003ci\u003eScatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003ePretend We're Dead: Capitalist Monsters in American Pop Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hilobooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50364272640274,"sku":"9781935869634","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e627ac25-64ce-492c-9888-37997ebd06ae.jpg?v=1728430478","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-clockwork-man-9781935869634","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}