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This is the start of a sci-fi book I read many years ago, but I can't remember the name of it.
by parasti 3y ago
This is the start of a sci-fi book I read many years ago, but I can't remember the name of it.
- lasercat 3y agoIll Wind by Kevin J. Anderson?
- rasz 3y ago"...et in pulverem reverteri", a short story by Janusz Zajdel (up there with Lem of Solaris fame) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Zajdel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Zajdel TLDR: Someone invents catalyst able to encode any material with programmable expiry date. Every country adopts it to ensure steady employment across planet. Pants? 3 months and revert back to dust, wrist watch? 1 year, car? 2 years, etc. Can only find Polish copy https://web.archive.org/web/20170722210628/http://zajdel.dzaba.com/zajdel/etin.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20170722210628/http://zajdel.dza... google translate doesnt like this particular web.archive link so you would have to manually copy text to translate
- RecycledEle 3y agoWas this how Ring World fell? A recycling bacteria got out of control and ate the infrastructure and the machines.