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"Cyberpunk worked when the Internet was in its hand-wound crystal radio phase, when you had to be a sort of hobbyist to do e-mail, and it all had a very steep learning curve. Those days are over."
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This is an inspired use of the "stabbed with an icicle" ploy (which, of course, leaves no murder weapon). A tiny flechette of ice is shot into one region of the body; the damage is done in another.
And the ice melts, leaving no trace of the weapon itself. Comment/Join this discussion ( 1 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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