Authors: Laurence Manning, Fletcher Pratt
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This story reads as a Prequel to The Matrix. And it is from 1930!
Science Wonder Stories, May, 1930
THE CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD
by Laurence Manning and Fletcher Pratt
illustrated by Paul
Chapter 2: Beyond the Mountain
Chapter 3: The Man with the Metal Mask
Chapter 4: Adventure is Dead
Chapter 5: A Drastic Experiment
Gallery
11,300 Words
THIS story, in our opinion, is one of the most unusual that has appeared in recent years, for it deals with a subject which is bound up with our whole existence.
We all know that our experiences come to us through our senses; that is, the senses of hearing, sight, touch, smell, taste, etc.; and that, if these senses were removed, although we would still know we were alive, the world itself would cease to exist for us.
But suppose that, instead of having our natural organs of sense, we were supplied with artificial ones, and that by the medium of a mechanical device we could experience any sensation or event that we wish. Then, you might say, we would be living in a true Utopia. However, this is not really so, and, as our authors point out so convincingly, there might be a total degeneration of our human race, and even a cessation of all life.
This edition includes all of the original illustrations, as well as the Full Color Cover to Science Wonder Stories, May, 1930 that featured this story as the cover. This ebook also includes a Gallery of original ads.
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