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hinkley on Nov 30, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Building arbitrary Life patterns in 15 gliders

I might have my books mixed up but I believe this idea was a subplot in one of David Brin's early books, The Practice Effect. First Edition: 1984.

hakuseki on Nov 30, 2022 [–]

Might it have been Glory Season?

hinkley on Dec 2, 2022 | [–]

Might be. It's been a long time. That one is 1993, which still means a 30 year old idea.

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