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"Science fiction and science have always danced around each other. Science fiction is the subconscious of science."
- Greg Bear
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| Nearleather | ||
| Fake leather. |
Tesla had to replace the leather seat in my car. I asked the mechanic if the replacement seat was leather. He said it was called "leather".
| The
floodlights weren’t on, the robot
dog was silent and there was no life
in his vinyl eyes. The gates had
swung open a few feet. I’d been
prepared to try to gimmick the
alarm system and pick any locks I
ran into. I had a brown nearleather
attache case under my arm. I
didn’t need it. I walked through the
gates.
The mist fell and rolled, thickening. Far away, back on the highway, a diesel truck groaned by. Passing the mechanical watch dog, I brushed against him... |
| Technovelgy from What's Become of Screwloose?,
by Ron Goulart. Published by Worlds of IF in 1970 Additional resources -
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It's not leather. But you nearly can't tell.
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