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"Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not."
- Isaac Asimov
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| Pacification Drones | ||
| Surveillance drones that emit calming notes. |
| LAX expands into a lattice of control. They've thought of everything. Even the armed surveillance drones, dallying above the fine mesh overhead, emit calming birdsong... He drops his rucksack into the hand luggage chute and heads through various bombproofed cells, bulletproof tunnels and body scanners. |
| Technovelgy from The Breach,
by M.T. Hill. Published by Titan Books in 2020 Additional resources -
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Compare to the dog pod grid from The Diamond Age (1995) by Neal Stephenson, the scuttle-bot from Hella (2020) by David Gerrold and the robot snake spy from Mariposa (2009) by Greg Bear.
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'...Anything was possible in my imaginary environment.'
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'That explains how it was so easy for me to remain motionless in midair...'
'We had discovered that metal was relatively impervious to the telepathic effect.'
'Detailed plans for the construction of the Gundstetter-Halone warp drive were flowing.'
'Do not waste your priceless company on the unappreciative folds of a sleep pod...'
'...so we've promised him a generous pension from the royalties.'
'Hocus-pocus religions and archaic weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side.'
