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"Retire? Yeah, I want to die with my head in the typewriter. That's my idea of retirement."
- Alfred Bester
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| Aeromuse Pillow | ||
| A pillow that doubles as a music player. |
| Cara Gibson was lying on a traditional bed... In contrast, the girl's head rested on a thoroughly modern aeromuse pillow that had doubtless been programmed to play her favorite music depending on how she shifted the weight of her head against it. For all Ingrid knew it was hammering away right now, transmitting the latest goolmech to the girl via direct acoustic transduction. |
| Technovelgy from The Human Blend,
by Alan Dean Foster. Published by Del Rey in 2010 Additional resources -
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