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Philip K. Dick • The Man in the High Castle (Penguin Modern Classics)
They came from far and wide, carrying trunks and suitcases full of manuscripts. The machine would let each challenger recite, instantly grasp the algorithm of his verse, and use it to compose an answer in exactly the same style, only two hundred and twenty to three hundred and forty-seven times better.
Stanislaw Lem • The Cyberiad: Stories
La chambre est aujourd’hui occupée par un homme d’une trentaine d’années : il est sur son lit, entièrement nu, à plat ventre, au milieu de cinq poupées gonflables, couché de tout son long sur l’une d’entre elles, en enserrant deux autres dans ses bras, semblant éprouver sur ces simulacres instables un orgasme hors pair.
Georges Perec • La vie mode d'emploi (Littérature Française) (French Edition)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
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reference to two hypotheses, both involving the fundamental nature of the laws of the universe. In the shooter hypothesis, a good marksman shoots at a target, creating a hole every ten centimeters. Now suppose the surface of the target is inhabited by intelligent, two-dimensional creatures. Their scientists, after observing the universe, discover a
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