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"One could imagine a very ascetic sort of life ... where the body is ignored. This is something I've played with in my books, where people hate to be reminded sometimes that they have bodies, they find it very slow and tedious."
- William Gibson
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| Chameleon Battle-Dress | ||
| Camouflage that allows its wearer to visually blend into the environment. |
| "...He saw nothing, but he continued to sit, looking at nothing in particular, and everything in general; and after four slow minutes he was rewarded by a slight flicker of movement that registered on his gaze...and gradually, as if they were figures developing on a film out of some tangled background, he became aware of men slipping from cover to cover, a host of men, approaching the camp...The small, chameleon-clad figures continued to advance." |
| From Dorsai!,
by Gordon R. Dickson. Published by Ace Books in 1960 Additional resources -
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