dannym999
March 4th, 2005, 09:40 AM
I have been struggling to identify author and title of some old SF stories that we had to read at school. I would like to track them down again but have no idea of author or title. I can remember a rough plot, so if anyone recognizes either one, please put me out of my misery.....
1). First story involves a patrol of soldiers (?) going through a deserted city. One of them goes to investigate something in a building and get swallowed up by some slumbering machine which them proceeds to slit him open and replace all his internal organs with machines. Thirty seconds later he has been sewn up again and is back again with his patrol. How the story goes from there, I can't remember.
2). First person is chasing second person around the galaxy. Regardless of which planet he tracks the second person down to, he arrives always just a fraction too late to catch him and is apparently fated never to catch his prey as he will always arrive just a fraction to late or early.
I seem to remember that these stories were part of a collection of short stories. Maybe someone can help me here. THANKS in advance.
1). First story involves a patrol of soldiers (?) going through a deserted city. One of them goes to investigate something in a building and get swallowed up by some slumbering machine which them proceeds to slit him open and replace all his internal organs with machines. Thirty seconds later he has been sewn up again and is back again with his patrol. How the story goes from there, I can't remember.
2). First person is chasing second person around the galaxy. Regardless of which planet he tracks the second person down to, he arrives always just a fraction too late to catch him and is apparently fated never to catch his prey as he will always arrive just a fraction to late or early.
I seem to remember that these stories were part of a collection of short stories. Maybe someone can help me here. THANKS in advance.