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Evocative of the opening scene of William Gibson's _Count Zero_[1] "They set a Slamhound on Turner's trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the c
by blacksmith_tb 8y ago
Evocative of the opening scene of William Gibson's _Count Zero_[1]
"They set a Slamhound on Turner's trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the color of his hair. It caught up with him on a street called Chandni Chauk and came scrambling for his rented BMW through a forest of bare brown legs and pedicab tires. Its core was a kilogram of recrystallized hexogene and flaked TNT. "
1: http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/books/zero.asp http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/books/zero.asp
- gagege 8y agoThere is also a "mechanical hound" that chases Montag in Fahrenheit 451 and a similar killer cyborg guard dog creature in Snow Crash. Let's get some good fiction with optimistic views of robot animals, mmkay writers? ;)
- fixermark 8y agoThat'd actually be the "rat thing" guard dog in Snow Crash. ;) I can't remember the exact quote, but when someone comments on how horrible it is to cyberize a dog, its creator says something to the effect of "People keep saying that, but nobody asks the dog." Jump-cut to a couple pages from the point of view of the dog, which (relative to its past life on the street) is incredibly happy with its new function.