Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman

Author:Alison Goodman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1998-09-02T04:00:00+00:00

Itsy Bitsy Spyder

At the Buzz Bar, Lenny was sitting in his office watching one of the news broadcasts. The news item was about the President, one of Lenny’s pet hates. He held up his hand as I walked in, motioning me to wait.

‘How ya doing, Lenny?’ I asked after he’d stopped listening.

‘Fine, fine. You here to hire yourself a spyder, hey?’

He hauled himself off his chair.

‘Here, sit down. One A-grade answered the call. Here’s the new code. You’ll have to sit tight but the spyder knows you’ll be casting tonight. But remember, only use the keyboard. When you’re finished, come for a drink.’

He left the room abruptly. I heard him yell at one of the bouncers to get off the bar.

I keyed in the call code then sat back. Lenny had just bought this unit and it was already out of date. My P3 organic screted all over it. There was no doubt the organics were going to take over. That is as soon as everyone mortgaged their lives and bought one. Of course people might baulk at having a computer made out of living gel. Everyone is still pretty spooked about the organic brain implants. Maybe the Takahini Corporation should rethink their strategy and market the organics as pets. Pat a heaving lump of gel today!

Something was happening on the screen. I hunched over, fingers ready on the keyboard. A sentence appeared.

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