The Clockwork Man

Years from now, advanced beings known as the Makers will implant clockwork devices into our heads. At the cost of a certain amount of agency, these marvelous devices will permit us to move unhindered through time and space, and to live perfectly regulated lives. However, if one of these devices should ever go awry, a "clockwork man" from the future might turn up in the 1920s, perhaps at a cricket match in a small English village. Considered the original cyborg novel, The Clockwork Man was first published in 1923--the same year as Karel Čapek's pioneering android play, R.U.R. In September 2013, HiLoBooks will publish a beautiful 90th-anniversary edition of this long-unattainable book.