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"I never saw why I had to give up science in order to write, or the other way around, so I didn't!"
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| Placental Decanters | ||
| Perfect human bodies with control implants for remote use. |
| Where did that girl-body come from? P. Burke asks that too, dragging out the words. “They grow ’em,” Joe tells her. He couldn’t care less about the flesh department. “PDs. Placental decanters. Modified embryos, see? Fit the control implants in later. Without a Remote Operator it’s just a vegetable. Look at the feet—no callus at all.” (He knows because they told him.) “Oh ... oh, she’s incredible ...” “Yeah, a neat job. Want to try walking-talking mode today? You’re coming on fast.” |
| Technovelgy from The Girl Who Was Plugged In,
by James Tiptree, Jr.. Published by Doubleday in 1974 Additional resources -
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Compare to wimp from Millennium (1983) by John Varley.
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