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If it doesn't exist already, someone should write a story where the USG patents a ludicrously impossible perpetual motion machine or something to force China to
by andrewfong 4y ago
If it doesn't exist already, someone should write a story where the USG patents a ludicrously impossible perpetual motion machine or something to force China to burn cash, but then China actually claims to have created one and then both sides are scrambling to see if anyone actually invented something or if everyone's pulling each other's legs.
- brmgb 4y agoI think you should read Pynchon if you haven’t already. The spirit is somewhat the same and Gravity Rainbow deals with a weapon development.
- beAbU 4y agoToo late, Leslie Nielsen would have been perfect as the lead character.
- themodelplumber 4y agoOoh, I love it. Plus, maybe throw in that aspect from Polygon where the inventors of the devices are early-Internet pals who are conspiring toward the death of the military officers who previously sent the inventors' children to death overseas... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8rVp9rwaS0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8rVp9rwaS0