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"A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content."
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This word is used for an organic replacement organ in Dick's 1969 novel Ubik, but with a simplified spelling; see artiforg.
Dick uses the fascinating example of conjoined twins who would not have been suited to separation, but did so using largely artificial organs and robotic limbs. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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'...the meteor caught and halted just as a small boy catches a swift ball in his cap.'
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'We have decided that it shall be but one ship... it must contain everything needed to take us through the generations.'
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'You’re the robopsychologist of the plant, so you’re to study the robot itself...'
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