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![]() A Specter is Haunting Texas is a satirical novel set in a future version of Texas, where racial stereotypes are rigidly controlled. Mexican laborers are often required to wear a cyborg collar, allowing them to be controlled remotely.
A bit later in the novel, the author provides some additional details on how this virtual slavery is accomplished:
This method had the additional feature of being highly secure, since hypnotics and suggestions could be administered to make sure that workers promptly forgot what they were doing as soon as they were finished.
Compare to cyborg from Cyborg (1972) by Martin Caidin, the cyborg pilot from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966) by Robert Heinlein and the cyborg dolphin from Johnny Mnemonic (1981) by William Gibson.
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