This Is How You Die : Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable Machine of Death (Paperback)

from RottenArsenal

Once again, the Machine of Death crew has put together a fabulous anthology of stories about people knowing how (but not when... or even super specifically) they will die. And while the foundation is death, the stories are not necessarily disturbing or depressing. There are action/adventure tales...

from arkaic

Good continuation of the "machine of death" concept. Several outstanding stories, and only a few disappointments. Some of best: Apitoxin Cancer Your Choice In Battle, Alone, and Soon Forgotten La Mort d'unRoturier

from jsabrina

What is life like when you know how you will die? I enjoyed the first Machine of Death book, and I liked this one even more. These authors found a wide variety of ways to play with the basic concept, and set the stories stories in almost-as-diverse locations. Some of the stories are based on no...

from beentsy

I can't even tell you how great these stories were. Seriously, a choose your own adventure Machine of Death Story? A brochure for how to talk to your 6 year old about their CODT (cause of death testing) experience from the Department of Homeland Security - genius. There were also stories that w...

from rivkat

The Machine of Death tells you how you'll die, though it's kind of evil/misleading in its descriptions. From this one concept, many stories grew. In this, the second volume of stories, the authors push harder on the boundaries of the rules, tweaking and even breaking them (in the far future, the ...