The Lost Machine

by John Wyndham, John Beynon Harris

After a spaceship crash, an intelligent martian robot named Zat becomes stranded on Earth and tries to cope with living among humans.

Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction

Unknown Binding

First published April 1, 1932

About the author

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was the son of a barrister. After trying a number of careers, including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, he started writing short stories in 1925. After serving in the civil Service and the Army during the war, he went back to writing. Adopting the name John Wyndham, he started writing a form of science fiction that he called 'logical fantasy'. As well as The Day of the Triffids, he wrote The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids, The Midwich Cuckoos (filmed as Village of the Damned) and The Seeds of Time.

Reviews

[Debo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aaand another read for my anthropomorphic machines in the arts around the turn of the century seminar. I've come to the realisation that I like when machines try to describe human behaviour with their almost child-like lens, untainted by conventions we have.

[Jaclynn]

read for school, spring 2019