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by John Varley
Varley won the Hugo award for best novella in 1985 for this story. A Korean War vet finds that he has been living next door to one of the world's premier hackers. What did Charles Kluge get into that got him killed?
Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:
Hackers Induce Epileptic Seizure Like 'Press Enter'
John Varley suggested this idea a quarter-century ago. I can't believe that people would actually try this.
Army Seizure Ray Inspired By Pikachu (Updated)
A deliberately-induced epileptic seizure.
Burner Generates Temporary Phone Numbers
'Interesting phone system he's got, by the way...' - John Varley, 1984.
Rise Of Skywalker Could Trigger Epileptic Seizures
'... then the screen started to flicker. I stared at it for a while.' - John Varley, 1984.
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