Author: Ryan North et al.
Release Date: October 2010
Genre: Anthology
Source: Kindle
"The machine had been invented a few years ago: a machine that could tell, from just a sample of your blood, how you were going to die. It didn't give you the date and it didn't give you specifics. It just spat out a sliver of paper upon which were printed, in careful block letters, the words DROWNED or CANCER or OLD AGE or CHOKED ON A HANDFUL OF POPCORN. It let people know how they were going to die."
MACHINE OF DEATH tells thirty-four different stories about people who know how they will die. Prepare to have your tears jerked, your spine tingled, your funny bone tickled, your mind blown, your pulse quickened, or your heart warmed. Or better yet, simply prepare to be surprised. Because even when people do have perfect knowledge of the future, there's no telling exactly how things will turn out.
I am not a fan of anthologies at all. This collection of stories is quite possibly my favorite anthology ever written. I love the idea that there is a death machine and all the stigma that comes along with it. The stories range from hilarious to heart wrenching, long to short, spanned across different cultures and times. It made me question that if there really was a death machine, would I find out how I died? I like to say no, that I'd be strong and resist, but the truth is, I'd find out in a heartbeat. And I hope it would be something exciting, but painless.
My favorite death from the anthology has to be death by Joy. That was not what I was expecting.
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