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"I'm strictly an ivory-tower person. I can explain things but I can't do things."
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| Boost the signal from the eyes to see in the dark. |
| She put the bottle in his hand. "I can see in the dark, Case. Micro channel image-amps in my glasses. |
| Technovelgy from Neuromancer,
by William Gibson. Published by Phantasia Press in 1984 Additional resources -
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See this reference to her mirrorshade glasses.
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