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"I think we're still on that topic, still trying to figure out what computers are, how they change us, why we use them."
- Neal Stephenson
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| Filter-Mask | ||
| Perfect for dystopian future air pollution. |
| He got that much said before he doubled over in another fit of coughing. The acrid air ate at the back of his throat; he could imagine the tissues becoming horny, dense, impermeable. If this job's likely to involve me in frequent trips to LA I'm going to have to buy a filter-mask. And the hell with looking sissy. Saw on the way here it isn't only girls who wear them any more. |
| Technovelgy from The Sheep Look Up,
by John Brunner. Published by Harper and Row in 1972 Additional resources -
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