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- Greg Bear
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| Provigil-C | ||
| A special drug that promotes wakefulness in troops. |
| "Michelle, order all the AIDs to administer Provigil-C."
The drug was a combination of Terran anti-narcolepsy drug and a Galactic stimulant. The Terran drug prevented sleep from forming. However it was believed that the stresses of combat were such that more than an anti-narcotic was necessary. When the powerful and persistent Galactic stimulant started coursing through their veins, the troops started to move. |
| Technovelgy from A Hymn Before Battle,
by John Ringo. Published by Baen Books in 2000 Additional resources -
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Provigil is the name of a real drug (Modafinil) used to treat narcolepsy.
The idea of a pill or other means for doing without sleep recurs in science fiction. Robert Heinlein's 1941 story Methuselah's Children has a reference to a "sleep surrogate" that you could take in the morning after an inadequate night's sleep. Also, see the article for A-som, anti-somnolence drugs mentioned in Paul Di Filippo's 2006 story Shuteye for the Timebroker; this story examines what it would be like to eliminate sleep entirely.
Thanks to Connor Lawrence for writing in with the quote for this item.
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