Fiction Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/category/fiction/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Mon, 12 Oct 2020 01:55:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png Fiction Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/category/fiction/ 32 32 146320098 The Devilish Case of the Portable Computer http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/16/the-devilish-case-of-the-portable-computer/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/16/the-devilish-case-of-the-portable-computer/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2020 01:47:52 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=14839 by Melody Ayres-Griffiths Trick or treaters had been coming and going all night, but their flow had slowed to a trickle after the skies over Schenectady, New York had opened up, drenching anyone who dared [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/09/28/a-computers-guide-to-self-expression/feed/ 0 14405 Android Dreams: The Werewolf of Schenectady http://paleotronic.com/2019/06/02/android-dreams-the-werewolf-of-schenectady/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/06/02/android-dreams-the-werewolf-of-schenectady/#respond Sun, 02 Jun 2019 04:03:23 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=4642 “Your ghost stories don’t scare me…” Jamie Silicon’s voice betrayed a certain lack of confidence, and his older sister seized on it like a wolf lunging for a rabbit. “Did you know that one night, [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/06/02/android-dreams-the-werewolf-of-schenectady/feed/ 0 4642 Android Dreams: The Sliced Salami Society Investigates the Murderer on Channel 4 http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/29/android-dreams-the-sliced-salami-society-investigates-the-murderer-on-channel-4/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/29/android-dreams-the-sliced-salami-society-investigates-the-murderer-on-channel-4/#respond Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:06:04 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=2305 Vera did as he had done for so many Tuesday nights before: she made her cup of tea, got her little biscuits from the tin above the sink, and headed for her living room, sitting [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/29/android-dreams-the-sliced-salami-society-investigates-the-murderer-on-channel-4/feed/ 0 2305 Android Dreams: The Sliced Salami Society and the Case of the Cryptic Computers… http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/28/android-dreams-the-sliced-salami-society-and-the-case-of-the-cryptic-computers/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/05/28/android-dreams-the-sliced-salami-society-and-the-case-of-the-cryptic-computers/#respond Mon, 28 May 2018 07:50:41 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=492 “Jamie! Where on Earth has he gone now?” The not-quite-a-teenage boy subsequently materialised out of nowhere, panting. “They have a million games in the Nintendo booth!” To Jamie Silicon, anything over ten was “a million”. [more...]

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