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... cells , to corrupt their purpose . ( 341 ) Borne by this part human - part alien mode of perception , which is consequently a mode of vision as well , Lot comes to fully grasp what must be his destiny : to encounter the Chenzeme beyond ...
... cells , to corrupt their purpose . ( 341 ) Borne by this part human - part alien mode of perception , which is consequently a mode of vision as well , Lot comes to fully grasp what must be his destiny : to encounter the Chenzeme beyond ...
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... cells . The cells themselves , as is often the case in Nagata's trilogy , are neither strictly biological nor mechanical entities , but a kind of machine with characteristics of both . A passage early in the novel describes them as a ...
... cells . The cells themselves , as is often the case in Nagata's trilogy , are neither strictly biological nor mechanical entities , but a kind of machine with characteristics of both . A passage early in the novel describes them as a ...
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... cells . Paths or linkages among the cells form and dissolve according to patterns of reinforcement and interference , association and influence . As Lot gradually discovers , learning to decipher and pass information in these terms ...
... cells . Paths or linkages among the cells form and dissolve according to patterns of reinforcement and interference , association and influence . As Lot gradually discovers , learning to decipher and pass information in these terms ...
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