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"But the problem with reincarnation is that it's hard to imagine what the storage medium for past lives would be. Not to mention the input-output device. I hesitate to rule it out completely, but I'd need pretty definite proof."
- Arthur C. Clarke
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| Food Brick | ||
| Appropriate manufactured food for any species. |
The flycycles from Ringworld had lots of handy technologies. People and other beings get hungry on quests; how can you find something to eat?
| The food slot gave him flat reddish-brown bricks. Six times he dialed a brick, took a bite and dropped the brick into the intake hopper. Each brick tasted different, and they all tasted good.
At least he would not get bored with eating. Not soon, anyway. But if they could not find plants and water to shovel into the intake hopper, the food slot would eventually stop delivering bricks. He dialed a seventh brick and ate it. |
| Technovelgy from Ringworld,
by Larry Niven. Published by Ballantine in 1970 Additional resources -
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Different bricks for different species; what would a Kzin (basically an eight-foot tall sentient tiger) eat if it couldn't catch any red meat?
And thanks to Dave for suggesting a 'food' category!
Presently Speaker returned to the 'cycles. His mouth was not bloody. At his 'cycle he dialed, not for an allergy pill, but for a wet brick-shaped slab of warm liver. The mighty hunter returns, Louis thought, keeping his mouth firmly shut.
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