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A mirrored chirality human is a major plot point of Daniel Suarez' "Change Agent" book.[1][2] It has interesting use in the story as mirrored chirality gives th
by Sephr 8y ago
A mirrored chirality human is a major plot point of Daniel Suarez' "Change Agent" book.[1][2] It has interesting use in the story as mirrored chirality gives the character the ability to be immune to many toxins that would normally harm humans.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_chirality_in_popular_fiction#Books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_chirality_in_popular_...
[2]: http://daniel-suarez.com/changeagentsynopsis.html http://daniel-suarez.com/changeagentsynopsis.html
- godelmachine 8y agoCf.-> Arthur C Clarke’s “Technical Error” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_Error https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_Error
- Aardwolf 8y agoWhat does he eat though?
- paulrouget 8y agoI wrote a short story about this: http://paulrouget.com/e/symmetry http://paulrouget.com/e/symmetry
- s_kilk 8y agoIt's also a minor background detail in Mass Effect. If I recall correctly, Turian chirality is opposite that of humans, their food is poison to humans and vice versa, etc.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoQuarians too, I believe.
- rjbwork 8y agoSPOILER! It's also a rather minor plot point in The Expanse series' 4th Novel, Cibola Burn. Some of the life on a new planet is bi-chiral, meaning it integrates both handednesses of proteins, amino acids, RNA bases and backbones, etc.
- phaedrus 8y agoThe concept also features in Roger Zelazny's novel "Doorways in the Sand."