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Arthur D. Hlavaty ([personal profile] supergee) wrote2016-01-27 07:30 am

Fictional fiction

Dick Sheckley’s satirical Fifties sf story about a dystopian world where people can perform complex computer programs inadvertently, by bumping into things.
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[personal profile] onyxlynx 2016-01-27 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
That must have been where Douglas Adams got the Infinite Improbability drive! (I know, but the coffee hasn't kicked in yet. Maybe I should try Sumatran.)

I didn't know Robert's brother wrote!