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"We each live in a somewhat unique world of our own psychological content."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Terrorartist | ||
| An individual that creates anarchic technology. |
| “Why do you live in a cave?” the woman said. “Are you a hermit? I heard they had hermits,” she told her companion in an aside. “They still worship the, you know.” She lowered her voice. “Even after what happened.”
“You should find shelter,” the robot said, discomfited. “You could get hurt. This is a war zone.” “A war zone?” the woman laughed, surprised. “The old wars are over, silly.” “They are?” the robot said... “Do you want to come with us?” the woman said. She said it kindly. “I…don’t know,” the robot said. “How did…how did it end?” “There was a device they used,” the guide said. He looked uncomfortable. “A terrorartist weapon. It was a sort of robot. They called it a Golden Man.” “It was like a prophet,” the woman said. “For robots. When they heard it, they followed. It raised an army and destroyed a city that was called New Punt. It vanished from the face of the Earth. Then…they say it was destroyed, the Golden Man. And the robots scattered, and no one could remember by then what everyone was fighting about, so they stopped. It was long ago. We don’t really like talking about it.” |
| Technovelgy from The Robot,
by Lavie Tidhar. Published by Uncanny Magazine in 2024 Additional resources -
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Compare to the Panther Moderns from Neuromancer (1984) by William Gibson.
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