"Patches"
| Year for Search |
1996
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| Secondary Title |
Trapdoor to Heaven: New Fiction
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| Annotation |
Computer controlled dystopia in which children are given knowledge through implants, which also removes their memories. As a result, everyone is rational and equal. The story is about a group of students who remove their patches and their conversation with an android who, linked to the computer, cannot understand their choice. |
| Pagination |
116-28
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| Published Date |
1996 |
| Publisher |
Quarry Press
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| Place Published |
Kingston, ON, Canada
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| Full Text |
1996 Choyce, Leslie [Willis] (b. 1951). “Patches.” In his Trapdoor to Heaven: New Fiction (Kingston, ON, Canada: Quarry Press, 1996), 116-28. PSt Computer controlled dystopia in which children are given knowledge through implants, which also removes their memories. As a result, everyone is rational and equal. The story is about a group of students who remove their patches and their conversation with an android who, linked to the computer, cannot understand their choice. The author was born, raised, and educated in the U.S. and lives in Nova Scotia. |
| Author Note |
The author (b. 1951) was born, raised, and educated in the U.S. and lives in Nova Scotia. |
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