• nepenthes@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “But of course, in Bedford Falls, it was always Christmas Eve.”

    (If there are any Red Dwarf fans)

    Edit: Its probably rude for me not to leave a summary: Red Dwarf was a phenomenal BBC sci-fi comedy in the 80s. I’m referencing the book Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers wherein a game, Better than Life, leaves people festering and wasting away in reality as they’re hooked up to a headset living a virtual utopia.

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      1 year ago

      Thank you extremely fucking much. I am always looking for good scifi.

      (I strongly recommend the works of Greg Egan and Sam Hughes, if you aren’t already familiar.)

      There was a similar story in Heavy Metal once upon a time (illus by Corben I think). Desperate people in a nightmare maze running from monsters for years… decades. Turns out it’s all a synthetic reality for rehabilitating terrorists. When they finally pop the protag out of his sensosuit he’s introduced to an eden of lush jungles and big-tittied women. I won’t reveal the punchline.