#soul machine

[thewizardofhoes-speaking]

The original sung by Lionel Leroy.

[venturama]

Daniel Martin Diaz

[mvaljean525]

Oxygen levels are dropping... Brain function normal... Cerebral salvage ready to proceed... Robotic skeleton prepared and waiting for brain insertion... Initiate Project 2571...

Your body was damaged. We couldn't save it. Only your brain survived. We made you a new body. A synthetic shell. But your mind, your soul, your "ghost", it's still in there.

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Ghost in the Shell - 2017

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Graphic - Delphine Cencig

[guitarbage]

R. Hyde Soul Machine

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 3/5

Book Blurb:

A Wrinkle in Time meets Brave New World in this thought-provoking debut graphic novel about one girl’s quest to save her family's livelihood—and maybe existence itself.

Chloe and her older sister make souls by hand in an empty old house in the countryside. When their supply of breth—the raw material needed to make souls—runs dry, the evil MCorp tries to force them to franchise and make synthetic souls instead. Chloe sets out to the big city in hopes of finding a new source. And maybe a way to modernize their business that Lacey is so determined to keep in the past.

On a journey to find a real breth crop, untouched by MCorp’s greedy hands, Chloe uncovers long-buried family secrets—and starts to question whom to trust and what reality even is.

A beautifully rendered debut, Soul Machine is at once a metaphysical science-fiction story and a nuanced exploration of big ideas: spirituality, family, consciousness, and connection, but also unscrupulous consumption, megacorporations, and how egomaniac entrepreneurs impact our lives.

Review:

A graphic novel about a girl's quest to save her family's livelihood and possibly the entirety of existence itself. Chloe and her sister make souls by by their hands... but when their material to make souls runs low, they are forced to franchise by an evil corporation and now Chloe is determined to find a new source and a way to get back to what is true. This is a metaphysical science-fiction story about family, spirituality and megacorporation ideas. This was definitely an interesting story that deals with a lot of unique points and connections.The artwork was interesting too and I do think it's a fun read that makes you consider and think about things.

Release Date: June 3,2025

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and Annick Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[musicmakesyousmart]

The Denison/Kimball Trio - Soul Machine

Skin Graft

1995

[ceelogreenfc]

"Whenever you want some soul, Start him up"

CeeLo Green, the Soul Machine. https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/6DJuvfRIKWA4PrxBajstxd?si=41c1886c18af4840

[heavygyroscope]