History YMMV / MachineOfDeath

* FridgeBrilliance: Astute readers may notice that no one actually dies in "Rock and Roll." It turns out that the rockstar who was predicted to die by rock and roll [[spoiler: made the whole thing up for publicity. He was really predicted to die of thyroid cancer.]] The ''real'' "death by rock and roll" slip belonged to [[spoiler: the protagonist]], but her encounter with the rockstar did not result in her death. What happened? Did the Machine screw this one up? No. [[spoiler: She discovered that a man she'd respected, even idolized, had deceived not only her, but countless other fans.]] It was a case of BrokenPedestal. ''She'' didn't die by rock and roll, but the small part of her that had admired this guy did.
* FridgeHorror: Comes from the story "Loss of Blood," and explained (albeit unintentionally) in "Firing Squad" and "Heat Death of the Universe." In the first, [[spoiler: There is a very NinteenEightyFour type "Ministry" that sentences people with transportation related cards to death by purposefully putting them in transportation doomed to crash. They say this will cut down on wilder, more unforeseen accidents.]] Unfortunately, the other two explain that [[spoiler: this leads to a combination of CircularReasoning and YourMindMakesItReal, where the certainty of the Machine of Death's prediction is because other people knew the result of the test, or guessed what the test might say.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: Astute readers may notice that no one actually dies in "Death by Rock and Roll." It turns out that the rockstar who was predicted to die by rock and roll [[spoiler: made the whole thing up for publicity. He was really predicted to die of thyroid cancer.]] The ''real'' "death by rock and roll" slip belonged to [[spoiler: the protagonist]], but her encounter with the rockstar did not result in her death. What happened? Did the Machine screw this one up? No. [[spoiler: She discovered that a man she'd respected, even idolized, had deceived not only her, but countless other fans.]] It was a case of BrokenPedestal. ''She'' didn't die by rock and roll, but the small part of her that had admired this guy did.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The ending of the short story "While Trying to Save Another." Doubles as a [[TearJerker Tearjerker]] for bonus points.

* FridgeHorror: Comes from the story "Loss of Blood," and explained (albeit unintentionally) in "Firing Squad" and "Heat Death of the Universe." In the first, [[spoiler: There is a very NinteenEightyFour type "Ministry" that sentences people with transportation related cards to death by purposefully putting them in transportation doomed to crash. They say this will cut down on wilder, more unforeseen accidents.]] Unfortunately, the other two explain that [[spoiler: this leads to a combination of CircularReasoning and YourMindMakesItReal, where the certainty of the Machine of Death's prediction is because other people knew the result of the test, or guessed what the test might say.]]

* FridgeHorror: Comes from the story "Loss of Blood," and explained (albeit unintentionally) in "Firing Squad" and "Heat Death of the Universe." In the first, [[spoiler: There is a very NinteenEightyFour type "Ministry" that sentences people with transportation related cards to death by purposefully putting them in transportation doomed to crash. They say this will cut down on wilder, more unforeseen accidents.]] Unfortunately, the other two explain that [[spoiler: this leads to a combination of CircularReasoning and YourMindMakesItReal, where the certainty of the Machine of Death's prediction is because other people knew the result of the test, or guessed what the test might say.]] Incidentally, that is why this troper believes the approach in "Cassandra" will ultimately be successful.

* FridgeHorror: Comes from the story "Loss of Blood," and later explained (albeit unintentionally) in "Heat Death of the Universe." In the first, [[spoiler: There is a very NinteenEightyFour type "Ministry" that sentences people with transportation related cards to death by purposefully putting them in transportation doomed to crash. They say this will cut down on wilder, more unforeseen accidents.]] Unfortunately, "Heat Death of the Universe" explains that [[spoiler: this leads to a combination of CircularReasoning and YourMindMakesItReal, where the certainty of the Machine of Death's prediction is because other people knew the result of the test.]] Incidentally, that is why this troper believes the approach in "Cassandra" will ultimately be successful.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The ending of the short story "While Trying to Save Another." Doubles as a [[TearJerker Tearjerker]] for bonus points.