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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?

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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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