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The God Machine (1968 novel)
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The God Machine is a science fiction
written by Martin Caidin
and first published in 1968. Set in the near future, the novel tells the story of a top secret cybernetic technician
Steve Rand, one of the brains behind Project 79, a top-secret US government project dedicated to creating artificial intelligence
. Rand survives an attempt on his life before he realizes that Project 79 has gained sentience and is trying to control the mind
s of humans and take over the world. Assisted by a security agent and a mathematician, Rand sets out to destroy Project 79 before it's too late.
This early sci-fi work by Caidin includes a discussion of bionics
, the replacement of human body parts with machinery. Caidin would revisit this theme a few years later in his novel, Cyborg
, which later was adapted into the popular 1970s television series, The Six Million Dollar Man
.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
written by Martin Caidin
Martin Caidin
Martin Caidin was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation.Caidin wrote more than 50 books, including Samurai!, Black Thursday, Thunderbolt!, Fork-Tailed Devil: The P-38, Zero!, The Ragged, Rugged Warriors, A Torch to the Enemy and many other works of military history...
and first published in 1968. Set in the near future, the novel tells the story of a top secret cybernetic technician
Cybernetics
Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
Steve Rand, one of the brains behind Project 79, a top-secret US government project dedicated to creating artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
. Rand survives an attempt on his life before he realizes that Project 79 has gained sentience and is trying to control the mind
Mind control
Mind control refers to a process in which a group or individual "systematically uses unethically manipulative methods to persuade others to conform to the wishes of the manipulator, often to the detriment of the person being manipulated"...
s of humans and take over the world. Assisted by a security agent and a mathematician, Rand sets out to destroy Project 79 before it's too late.
This early sci-fi work by Caidin includes a discussion of bionics
Bionics
Bionics is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology.The word bionic was coined by Jack E...
, the replacement of human body parts with machinery. Caidin would revisit this theme a few years later in his novel, Cyborg
Cyborg (novel)
Cyborg is the title of a science fiction/secret agent novel by Martin Caidin which was first published in 1972. The novel also included elements of speculative fiction, and was adapted as the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and also inspired its spin-off, The Bionic Woman.-Plot...
, which later was adapted into the popular 1970s television series, The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for the OSI...
.