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Page 237
... Silken youth are particularly vulnerable . Though periodically imprisoned in the " monkey house , " as he calls it , where Silken doctors have tried to alter both his behavior and his physiognomy with nanotech " makers , " his body's ...
... Silken youth are particularly vulnerable . Though periodically imprisoned in the " monkey house , " as he calls it , where Silken doctors have tried to alter both his behavior and his physiognomy with nanotech " makers , " his body's ...
Page 238
... Silken leaders , therefore , can envision no possibility of Communion , but only death , on the planet's surface below . As Kona tells Lot : " Deception Well is nothing more - and nothing less - than a complex biological machine , with ...
... Silken leaders , therefore , can envision no possibility of Communion , but only death , on the planet's surface below . As Kona tells Lot : " Deception Well is nothing more - and nothing less - than a complex biological machine , with ...
Page 239
... Silken , " ... [ ten years ago ] something stopped our assault Makers . And long ago , something stopped the Chenzeme ring .... We all know the Well has its own molecular defenses . The governors cause things to fail in the Well . But ...
... Silken , " ... [ ten years ago ] something stopped our assault Makers . And long ago , something stopped the Chenzeme ring .... We all know the Well has its own molecular defenses . The governors cause things to fail in the Well . But ...
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Postcolonialism | 201 |
Complexity Theory in | 223 |
Cyndy Hendershot AntiCommunism and Ambivalence in | 246 |
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