something like this was a plot point in one of the Neal Stephenson wrist-breakers [0]. <elided plot spoilers> [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cyc

something like this was a plot point in one of the Neal Stephenson wrist-breakers [0]. <elided plot spoilers> [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle