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If the arm was in another room, he could feel around with it This uncanny sentence is giving me dystopian vertigo. I picture a mob of derelicts home-invading a
by alcover 6y ago
If the arm was in another room, he could feel around with it
This uncanny sentence is giving me dystopian vertigo. I picture a mob of derelicts home-invading a 130 years-old tech boomer, fighting his remote-controlled spare limbs from room to room..
- GrumpyNl 6y agoThats a nice idea for a movie.
- brians 6y agoHeinlein’s Waldo might be a good thing to read, then. It’s the origin of the word “Waldo” in English.
- ZeikJT 6y agoIt is a cool story, but I had no idea that remote control arms were called waldoes when I read it haha.
- m463 6y agoI think you want to read Gil "the arm" Hamilton stories by Larry Niven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Known_Space_characters#Gil_Hamilton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Known_Space_characters... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatlander_(short_story_collection) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatlander_(short_story_collec...