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![]() Charlie Draper has been found guilty; and he accepts virtual punishment. He is forced to undergo a century of subjective prison life, in the prison of his own mind.
Draper and his lawyer meet together in a virtual reality space similar to that shown in this virtual reality ceremony from Alexander Besher's 1994 novel Rim.
Compare also with moratorium from Philip K. Dick's 1969 novel Ubik and to personality death from Harry Harrison's 1959 short story Robot Justice. Comment/Join this discussion ( 1 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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