Project Gutenberg 2009-12-29 Public domain in the USA. 703 Bova, Ben 1932 2020 Bova, Benjamin William Bovah, Ben Lewis, Myron R. Schoenherr, John 1935 2010 Schoenherr, Jack Schoenherr, John (John Carl) The Dueling Machine Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Dueling Machine" by Ben Bova and Myron R. Lewis is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story explores a futuristic society where personal disputes are settled through a high-tech dueling machine that creates a shared hallucination for the participants, allowing them to engage in combat without physical harm. The main character, Prime Minister Dulaq, finds himself in a life-or-death duel against Major Odal, which not only threatens his life but also the political stability of the Acquataine Cluster. At the start of the narrative, Dulaq prepares for his duel within an intricate cityscape created by the machine, fully believing in the authenticity of the simulated environment. As he searches for Odal, the tension builds, revealing Dulaq's internal struggle and desperation as he attempts to navigate the surreal and often nightmarish world the machine conjures. While he grapples with the illusion of reality, the stakes of his fight go beyond personal survival, intertwining with broader political ramifications. This intricate setup lays the groundwork for a compelling exploration of power, technology, and the nature of conflict in a world where reality and fiction collide. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 164869 164727 2024-09-13T07:09:46.175269 2023-09-13T11:54:03.477872 text/html text/html 166605 2022-06-21T09:14:34 text/html 498929 2024-09-13T07:09:50.076223 application/epub+zip 500343 2024-09-13T07:09:47.239251 application/epub+zip 191419 2024-09-13T07:09:46.593273 application/epub+zip 573881 2024-09-13T07:09:52.390200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 556069 2024-09-13T07:09:49.623228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248421 2022-09-14T08:30:33.107657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153545 153454 2024-09-13T07:09:45.775276 2023-09-13T11:54:03.083924 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 153346 2022-06-19T11:49:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19170 2024-09-13T07:09:52.523224 application/rdf+xml 21797 2024-09-13T07:09:46.805256 image/jpeg 3449 2024-09-13T07:09:46.700236 image/jpeg 58766 2022-06-19T12:18:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 604075 2022-06-21T09:14:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 612619 2024-09-13T07:09:46.212284 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia