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Uh oh... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash
by futuremint 17y ago
Uh oh... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash
- Tycho 17y agoThe Escher circuits make me think of the 'Mentats' (humans trained to process vast quantities of information like computers) in Frank Herbert's Dune series.
- ableal 17y agoAnd before that, Dave Langford's 1988 BLIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLIT_%28short_story%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLIT_%28short_story%29 (includes link to text, only a few pages, and follow-ups). Besides the original Medusa/basilisk/cockatrice legends.