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"I do think there is a link in that in both cases, writing fiction or writing a computer program, at any given moment you're focusing on a very specific and particular thing—one word, one line of code, whatever."
- Neal Stephenson
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| Breesk | ||
| A unique dish best served with violet sauce. |
At the Nebulae Science Fiction Restaurant, the meals are unique to the Solar System.
| There’s no conversation, all business is transacted by scribbling messages to the customers on pads of paper, but you, dear customers, can talk freely, ordering whatever you wish from the incredible menu.
I had a snake-egg souffle a la Pluto, a weird dish that had the same effect on my sense of balance as a shot of gin with no chaser. There was a luminous vegetable soup which strangely bothered my eyes until I actually thought the miniature stall s of celery in it were trying to crawl out of the bowl, were alive and could move. Delicious. Then I ordered something called Breesk which looked like a plastic black cube three inches square. Most astonishing thing I ever ate. It’s hard until you pour a violet sauce over it and then it gives off smoke and a heady food perfume, turning soft and gooey. Tastes like a cross between filet mignon and peanut butter, believe it or not. |
| Technovelgy from Expedition to Earth,
by Robert Zacks. Published by Space Stories in 1953 Additional resources -
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