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30.08.2006
William Gibson nous sert un intéressant propos sur la façon qu’ont les auteurs de S.-F. de décrire des objets/technologies n’existant pas dans notre réalité et la quantité de détails à apporter ou non à ces descriptions :
Molly’s Mirrorshades; Zeiss-Ikon Eyes
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[...] With Molly Millions‘ “implanted” glasses, though, I could never dream up a sufficiently convincing way to imagine them being attached. Were they “implanted” in skin, muscle, bone, all of these? How would any of these impact on the mobility of her features? What would the seam between skin and mirror look like? [...]
[...] With Molly Millions‘ “implanted” glasses, though, I could never dream up a sufficiently convincing way to imagine them being attached. Were they “implanted” in skin, muscle, bone, all of these? How would any of these impact on the mobility of her features? What would the seam between skin and mirror look like? [...]
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