John wrote:
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> "Will in New Haven" <bill.reich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> .. On May 13, 4:31 pm, "jerry_fried...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <jerry_fried...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: >On May 13, 1:42 am, the Omrud
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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.
James Blish, "The End of Summer."
There are other downsides. Getting drunk or high only lasts a very
short while. And pregnant women _stay_ pregnant.
--
Dan Goodman
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