An inspiration to many for his style and prose, Lord Dunsany was a
pioneer for fantasy fiction, inspiring such famous writers as H. P.
Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Neil Gaiman, to name a few. More than
sixty years since its first publication, The Last Revolution is now
once again available to readers.
In a time before computers were a mainstay of our lives, Lord Dunsany
tells the story, which takes place in England, about the revolution of
self-reproducing machines. Known to have a profound distaste for the
Industrial Revolution, The Last Revolution touches on a topic we know
all too well today: What happens if the computers take over?
"Good morning Pender. I hear you have made a Frankenstein." This is the
line that narrator Pender hears from an inventor, and he is soon playing
a robot in a game of chess. Pender's mood changes when he realizes that
the computer he's facing has an intelligence far superior to his own.
From the introduction of the robots, a tense atmosphere is noted as the
robots fight for the attention of their owners. Will these machines be
able to coexist with their household counterparts, or will they rise as
one and take the first steps against humanity?
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