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Mandalay Pictures to Build Machine Man

November 5, 2009

Mandalay Pictures is developing "Machine Man," a novel whose pages are being posted online each day by author Max Barry, says Variety. The company has picked up film rights to the thriller that Vantage Books plans to publish in 2011.

The story concerns a tech engineer who's tired of going through life average and unnoticed, so he replaces parts of his body with titanium upgrades of his own design. He then discovers that he isn't the only one with plans for his new body.

As Barry writes the book, he's revealing one page of the tale each day as part of an interactive literary experiment in which suggestions from readers are integrated into the plot as the story unfolds.

You can check out "Machine Man" at Barry's official website.

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COMMENTS (5)

Posted by:

WCB

November 5, 2009

A man who replaces his limbs for machine parts just because he was bored?

Brilliant.

Posted by:

iron hand 2

November 5, 2009

Hmm. the author is releasing a page a day as part of an experiment so readers can add there input and virtually control where the plot goes. One of the worsts things about hollywood in movies these days is that its become way too predictable. this however could actually be intriguing, and i might give it a chance.

Posted by:

November 5, 2009

Ha! A "literary experiment"!! Sounds to me like the writer doesn't know how to finish it and is getting free ideas from everyone. Nice

Posted by:

Beatdown

November 5, 2009

Re: "me"

That's entirely possible, but he wouldn't be the first to do an online lit-exp like that. Another thing, a lot of current authors are posting some of their work for free while trying to get other stuff published. It's the Napster mentality--something for free, especially if it's good, drives the sales of the stuff that's not free. Just ask Paulo Coelho about sales for "The Alchemist" in Russia.

Posted by:

tankd

November 5, 2009

dude i jus read up to page 42 and its bad4ss def worth a read
you have pay to read the rest though