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This is not subject I know anything about, but I just realized that "betaphenethylamine" is (I think) the drug Case is taking in Neuromancer because normal drug
by version_five 5y ago
This is not subject I know anything about, but I just realized that "betaphenethylamine" is (I think) the drug Case is taking in Neuromancer because normal drugs can't get him high due to a modification in his pancreas. Maybe not entirely accurate vs this list, but William Gibson continues to amaze me with little details like that.
- fancy_pantser 5y agoA chemist's blog took a look at the drugs mentioned in Neuromancer. He speculates about the nature of the surgery to put in a new pancreas and "liver plugs". > Here Gibson quite clearly took artistic license with his chemistry, and I don’t necessarily blame him. Beta-phenethylamine refers to an extremely broad class of compounds (of which amphetamines are the best-known members), similar to how “tropane alkaloids” does. http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2018/04/16/the-chemistry-of-william-gibsons-neuromancer/ http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2018/04/16/the-chemistry-of-wi...