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The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista by J.G. Ballard:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
"Today's house-hunter has only minor problems: the schools, the taxes, the neighbors, the mortgage. But in a world of psychotropic houses— where the very walls respond to the emotions of those who live (and lived) in them— buying the right house can be a matter of life and death."
('The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista' by JG Ballard)
Another excellent story in the Vermillion Sands collection. A man and his wife hope to be happy in a new home, but its previous owner entangles them in her traumatic life due to the psychotropic features of the house. Select an invention:
Plastex - self-healing material |
Psychotropic House |
Self-Healing Building - building materials |
Senso-Cells - read the quirks |
Static House - frozen personality |
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