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proaralyst on Nov 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Burn the Programmer

In the Quantum Thief (actually one of its sequels) by Hannu Rajaniemi, there are Secret Names that perform magic; one of them was 'Emergency Decompression Protection' and produced a shield around the incanter.

andrewflnr on Nov 10, 2017 [–]

Smartcoral's user interface is also pretty similar, though, and that shows up in Quantum Thief proper. :)

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