E. V. Odle
Edwin Vincent Odle (1890-1942) was founding editor of the British short-story magazine Argosy, and a member of avant-garde author Dorothy Richardson’s circle. Odle’s only other science fiction novel was never published, and is now lost.
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The Clockwork Man
- By: E. V. Odle
- Narrator: Ralph Lister
- Length: 4 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Public Domain
- Publish date: September 10, 2013
- Language: English
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Several thousand years from now, advanced humanoids known as the Makers will implant clockwork devices into our heads. At the cost of a certain amount of agency, these devices will permit us to move unhindered through time and space, and to live
Several thousand years from now, advanced humanoids known as the Makers will implant clockwork devices into our heads. At the cost of a certain amount of agency, these devices will permit us to move unhindered through time and space, and to live complacent, well-regulated lives. However, when one of these devices goes awry, a ‘clockwork man’ appears accidentally in the 1920s, at a cricket match in a small English village. Comical yet mind-blowing hijinks ensue.
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