Fortitude

FortitudeThe Time: the present. The place: Upstate New York, a large room filled with pulsing, writhing, panting machines that perform the functions of various organs of the human body--heart, lungs, liver, and so on. Color-coded pipes and wires swoop upward from the machines to converge and pass through a hole in the ceiling. To one side is a fantastically complicated master control console.Dr. Elbert little, a kindly, attractive young general practitioner, is being shown around by the creator...