The Holy Machine by Chris Beckett

Author:Chris Beckett [Beckett, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature
ISBN: 9780857890498
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2010-07-01T06:00:00+00:00

The fact was that, like thousands of SE machines across Illyria, the nurse had been wiped clean. A whole vocabulary of flirtation, which she had learnt from the doctor and others like him, had all been wiped away, along with a whole repertoire of patient care. All over the territory this had been happening: syntecs and robots being loaded into vans and taken back to the factories where they were made, artificial intelligences being shut down and reprogrammed again from scratch.

The doctor pulled his attention reluctantly back to his patient.

‘Well, good. I’m glad you are so positive about it. If there are any problems, don’t hesitate to ask…’

‘Just do it quickly please,’ Ruth said.

The reality of her position was beginning to hit her. She needed SenSpace. She was appalled by the prospect of having to lie here in this hospital room while her fears came pressing in around her bed.

There was no one else to fill this space, no-one but fears to come and visit her.

‘I’ve got a son. George…’ she said to the syntec, the doctor having slipped away.

The syntec made some enquiries with Hospital Control.

‘I’m afraid we haven’t been able to locate him. It seems he is travelling abroad.’

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