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"...science fiction is sort of like a sociological genome. It's a huge range of possible futures, most of them useless; some vital. You never really know in advance."
- Peter Watts
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| Dream-Adventures | ||
| Dreams sent directly to the brain are more popular than movies. |
| Dream-adventures were the most popular entertainment in the whole Solar System now. They had replaced the telepicture shows on every planet. For in these popular dream-houses, anyone could experience any adventure desired, and it would seem like an utterly real experience. And while dreams were rather expensive, they were in no way harmful. Stanton saw a big Jovian lying face-down in one cubicle, breathing heavily in the dream-sleep. In another, a beautiful Venusian woman lay, and in another a white-haired old man. Ail of them attaining their heart’s desire in this house of dreams! Slih Drin now put the spool of tape into the dream-machine’s holder, and touched a switch. With a faint humming, the spool began turning. Gently, the effeminate Venusian plugged the two wires from the machine into the tiny electrodes in Stanton’s skull. He felt a wave of darkness flow through his brain as he rapidly sank into the sleep. |
| Technovelgy from Doom Over Venus,
by Edmond Hamilton. Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1940 Additional resources -
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Take a look at the DC mini from Satoshi Kon's Paprika. Also, compare with the Lucid Dreamer device from Starfish (1999) by Peter Watts. See also the peeper from Shadow World (1957) by Clifford Simak.
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