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"In WWII, they had a saying that there are no atheists in foxholes. I think the modern equivalent of that is that there are no jaded, bored people in the high-tech industry, in the land of really good hardcore geeks."
- Neal Stephenson
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| Earthsuit | ||
| Like a spacesuit, but protects you from the Earth. |
| ...earthsuits: garments that looked much too heavy for such a hot day, because underneath they consisted of networks of cooling tubes against the skin. Those were connected to backpack units with lithium battery packs... |
| Technovelgy from Termination Shock,
by Neal Stephenson. Published by William Morrow in 2021 Additional resources -
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Compare to the heat suit from Sand Doom (1955) by Murray Leinster and the commuter cooling unit from The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965) by Philip K. Dick.
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