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Sir Laurence Merly

Le secret de ne jamais mourir (1913) explored whether a man with no organs, only mechanical parts, could be immortal. “That maddening personage had opened his body thus as the coffer of a clock: and the interior of that body contained, not viscera or vessels, but metal rods, polished tubes inter-crossing in trellis and swelling into retorts, wires where sparkled little sparks, dials of which the needle quivered; and, in the middle of that strange jumble, while the Man-Machine covered me with a look where were mingled a spectral pride and a savage triumph, I saw with my eyes, in the deepest of the cavern of his chest, a little shining connecting-rod which went and came with a movement gentle and powerful, crushing, at each pulsation, the heavy flash of a reflection of gold…”
Alias Sir Laurence Merly, Man-Machine
Real Names/Alt Names Jack Northmann
Characteristics Scientist, Merveilleux-scientifique, Robot, Belle Époque, Public Domain
Creators/Key Contributors Alex Pasquier
First Appearance Le secret de ne jamais mourir (Paris–Bruxelles: Polmoss, 1913)
First Publisher Polmoss
Appearance List Le secret de ne jamais mourir (Paris–Bruxelles: Polmoss, 1913) by Alex (Alix) Pasquier with illustrations by Cuyck; Le Secret de ne jamais mourir : roman fantastique (possible reissue, 1919); Le secret de ne jamais mourir (Facsimile reprint, IDES… et Autres, Hors Commerce n°39. Brussels: Recto-Verso (CDE), possibly late 20th c.) [F: Eidolon Station; E: Coming soon].
Sample Read Le secret de ne jamais mourir (Paris–Bruxelles: Polmoss, 1913) [Eidolon Station]
Description Le secret de ne jamais mourir (1913) explored whether a man with no organs, only mechanical parts, could be immortal. “That maddening personage had opened his body thus as the coffer of a clock: and the interior of that body contained, not viscera or vessels, but metal rods, polished tubes inter-crossing in trellis and swelling into retorts, wires where sparkled little sparks, dials of which the needle quivered; and, in the middle of that strange jumble, while the Man-Machine covered me with a look where were mingled a spectral pride and a savage triumph, I saw with my eyes, in the deepest of the cavern of his chest, a little shining connecting-rod which went and came with a movement gentle and powerful, crushing, at each pulsation, the heavy flash of a reflection of gold…”
Source Merveilleux-scientifique — Aeon.co
Le secret de ne jamais mourir (1913) | Illustrated by Cuyk
Le secret de ne jamais mourir (1913) | Illustrated by Cuyk

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