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"We are all repositories for genetically-encoded information that we're all spreading back and forth amongst each other, all the time. We're just lousy with information."
- Neal Stephenson
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| Synthetic Flesh | ||
| Material resembles human flesh, handy for disguises. |
| One punch in the stomach doubled
the Chief up. A left hook jerked his
head back like a punching bag. He
dropped prone to the loamy soil, with
the girl standing over him. Satisfied,
she dropped beside him and pulled at
the cohesive synthetic flesh on his face.
It came off with a yanking rip that
brought him half back to consciousness.
Vi stared in amazement at the features thus revealed. Around her Chris and a batch of police gathered. "It's Welgand, chief of police!" Chris exploded. The girl's face set grimly. She yanked the dazed, disheveled Welgand to his feet. His thin, hard face, in contrast to the padding which made his body paunchy, was incongruous. "What the hell — " began the police squad sergeant, staring. |
| Technovelgy from The Amazon Fights Again,
by Thornton Ayre. Published by Fantastic Adventures in 1940 Additional resources -
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'... all the feel and appearance of human flesh and epidermis.'
