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Back at home, if you were going to host a party--a formal party, not just a spontaneous affair with a few friends--how would you do it? I'm having trouble imagining how it works without helpmates.

[Something occurs to her.]

Oh. Ah, helpmates are wearable networked computers with neural interfaces.

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In my world, there's no such thing as "magic." It simply doesn't exist. If I were going to use the word to refer to anything, it would be something from fictional stories.

For those of you from places that do have magic, would you be willing to answer a few questions ( Read more... )