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The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
Remarkable book; the author sees it as a flawed work, but it shines all the way through with his wit and insight. The story centers around a small group of people who become effectively immortal. One of their group begins killing the others (possible with enough trauma); the group pulls together to get the criminal.
His use of 3D projection commercials was particularly prescient - he clearly visualized what you saw in the 2004 movie Minority Report in 1974. Select
an invention:
Cryocapsule |
Cryonaut |
Cushion Fence |
Flesh Gun |
Harvesting Saturn's Rings |
Home Ad Blocker |
Projection - be in two places at once |
Projection Commercials - 3D advertisements |
Skull Bug - implanted RFID monitor |
Time Dingbat - time machine welfare |
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