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"Cyberpunk worked when the Internet was in its hand-wound crystal radio phase, when you had to be a sort of hobbyist to do e-mail, and it all had a very steep learning curve. Those days are over."
- William Gibson
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| Simulacrum Window | ||
| A 'window' that provides a realistic outdoor view in an interior room. |
| The community corporation had tried to coerce them into covering [their actual window] up and had offered to replace it with a simulacrum window such as the underground apartments used, with a relayed view of the canyon. But Rod's father was a stubborn man and maintained that with weather, women, and wine there was nothing "just as good." |
| Technovelgy from Tunnel in the Sky,
by Robert Heinlein. Published by Not Available in 1955 Additional resources -
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Compare Heinlein's simulacrum window with the sky ceiling from the 1961 novel Return From The Stars by Stanislaw Lem, the ersatz window from the 1969 novel Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick and the window wavelength from the 1969 novel Super-Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss.
Thanks to Chuck for the tip on this item.
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