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"I was driving a dynamite truck when I was 14 years old in North Carolina."
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| Shiftsuit | ||
| A form of adaptive camouflage gear. |
| ...The woman wore shiftsuit gear, but no armor. The shiftsuit tried to mimic the rain hitting it, but it had not been designed for such, and only looked a puddly gray. |
| Technovelgy from Matadora,
by Steve Perry. Published by Ace in 1986 Additional resources -
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Compare to chameleon cloth from George RR Martin's 1976 novel The Dying of the Light, the Chameleon Battle-Dress from Gordon R. Dickson's 1960 novel Dorsai! and the Mimetic Polycarbon Suit from William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer.
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'The suit stands up and starts walking, gripping me round the calves and waist, taking the bulk of my weight off my throbbing feet.'
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