"Will in New Haven" <bill.reich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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May 13, 4:31 pm, "jerry_fried...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<jerry_fried...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 13, 1:42 am, the Omrud <usenet.om...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
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> > > Did Heinlein also write that absurd story of the malicious aliens
who
> > > secretly camped in orbit around a planet and each day skimmed off
the
> > > memories of all the inhabitants? The civilization on that planet had
> > > engineered this fantastically ***bersome method of recording each
> > > day's
> > > work (probably written with quills in ledgers) so it could be
> > > relearned
>
> > I don't remember that one, but then ... ... I wouldn't, would I?
>
> See Gene Wolfe's "Soldier" books for a less absurd version.
>
There's also a short story concerning the future of humanity where one man
starts up a machine that causes perfect healing in people, the downside of
which is everyone loses their memories overnight. They all have some
device
that records their memories and downloads them all in the morning, the
tricky part being to convince themselves in the morning that they need to.
--
Will in New Haven
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