The story begins when a drunken human insults a mech in a bar. The resulting fight nearly kills the human, who is saved only by the mech's kindness. As the mech starts to leave he is invited to sit and talk with an old man and his granddaughter. They have a discussion about what it would really take to build a machine that would last forever.
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Long Now Foundation - The foundation has several ongoing projects, including a 10,000-year clock.
ancient, engines, science, fiction, short, story, american, writer, michael, swanwick, published, 1999, nominated, 2000, hugo, award, best, short, story, well, 1999, nebula, award, best, short, story, short, story, michael, swanwicklanguageenglishgenre, scienc. Ancient Engines is a science fiction short story by American writer Michael Swanwick published in 1999 It was nominated for the 2000 Hugo Award for Best Short Story as well as the 1999 Nebula Award for Best Short Story 1 Ancient Engines Short story by Michael SwanwickLanguageEnglishGenre s Science fictionPublicationPublished inAsimov s Science FictionPublication typeMagazinePublication dateFebruary 1999 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksPlot summary editThe story begins when a drunken human insults a mech in a bar The resulting fight nearly kills the human who is saved only by the mech s kindness As the mech starts to leave he is invited to sit and talk with an old man and his granddaughter They have a discussion about what it would really take to build a machine that would last forever See also editLong Now Foundation The foundation has several ongoing projects including a 10 000 year clock References edit LOCUS Index to SF AwardsExternal links editAncient Engines title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database nbsp This article about a science fiction short story or stories published in the 1990s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ancient Engines amp oldid 1143299394, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
