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Issue Details: First known date: 2011 2011 According to the verso of the title page of Machine Man (2011) this entire work was serialised in a somewhat different form from March to December 2009 on www.maxbarry.com/machineman/JK 22/11/11 Have removed link because website says How do I get it? Buy your Machine Man feed here. Or, if you'd like to sample some pages first, sign up to a free feed or just start reading online. How much is it? Up to page 43, it's free. That's nine and a half weeks of Machine Man goodness for nothing. Your own feed, which gets you access to the entire 185-page story, plus allows you to pause, rewind, re-read, and feed my family, is US$6.95. JK 22/11/11
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Abstract

'Charlie always thought his body could be better. His employer, military contractor Better Future, has the resources he needs to explore a few ideas. So he begins to build parts. Better parts. Charlie's prosthetist, Lola, is impressed by his artificial limbs. But some see him as a madman. Others, a product. Or even a weapon.

'Existing at the intersection between mind and body, in the dawn of the age of pervasive technology, Machine Man is a gruesomely funny tale about one man's quest for the ultimate in self-improvement.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Max Barry released his novel Machine Man on his website, www.maxbarry.com/machineman/ in one page per day instalments. The first instalment was published on 18 March 2009 and was completed December 2009.

Publication Details of Earliest Known Version

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Works about this Work

Untitled Eddie La Marca , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 20 no. 2 2012;
— Review of Machine Man Max Barry 2011 single work novel ;
Code Read Andrew Fenton , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2011;
Review of the Week Owen Richardson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 31 July 2011;
— Review of Machine Man Max Barry 2011 single work novel ;
Revenge with a Pen Anson Cameron , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 6 August 2011;
— Review of Machine Man Max Barry 2011 single work novel ;
Metal Maketh the Man Blanche Clark , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 - 14 August 2011;
— Review of Machine Man Max Barry 2011 single work novel ;
Untitled Eddie La Marca , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 20 no. 2 2012;
— Review of Machine Man Max Barry 2011 single work novel ;
Untitled Shaun Prescott , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 335 2011;
— Review of Machine Man Max Barry 2011 single work novel ;
A Parable on the Search for Perfection Duncan Driver , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 September 2011;
— Review of Machine Man Max Barry 2011 single work novel ;
Not Quite as Funny as Earlier Company Peter Craven , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 August 2011;
— Review of Machine Man Max Barry 2011 single work novel ;
Metal Maketh the Man Blanche Clark , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 - 14 August 2011;
— Review of Machine Man Max Barry 2011 single work novel ;
Code Read Andrew Fenton , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2011;
New Publishing Models : A Shifting of Power Sam Cooney , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , May no. 196 2010;
Hollywood Set to Film Max Barry E-Novel Karl Quinn , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 28 October 2010;
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Subjects:
  • Self
  • Artificial organs & prostheses
  • Technology