| The God Machine | |
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| Author(s) | Martin Caidin |
| Cover artist | Robert Korn |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | E.P. Dutton |
| Publication date | 1968 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 316 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
The God Machine is a science fiction written by Martin Caidin and first published in 1968. Set in the near future, the novel tells the story of a top secret cybernetic technician Steve Rand, one of the brains behind Project 79, a top-secret US government project dedicated to creating artificial intelligence. Rand survives an attempt on his life before he realizes that Project 79 has gained sentience and is trying to control the minds of humans and take over the world. Assisted by a security agent and a mathematician, Rand sets out to destroy Project 79 before it's too late.
This early sci-fi work by Caidin includes a discussion of bionics, the replacement of human body parts with machinery. Caidin would revisit this theme a few years later in his novel, Cyborg, which later was adapted into the popular 1970s television series, The Six Million Dollar Man.