BLIT (short story)
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"BLIT" (acronym of Berryman Logical Image Technique) is a 1988 science fiction short story by the British writer David Langford.
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Short story by David Langford | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Science fiction |
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Published in | Interzone |
Publication type | Magazine |
Publication date | 1988 |
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It takes place in a setting where highly dangerous types of images called "basilisks" (after the legendary reptile) have been discovered; these images contain patterns within them that exploit flaws in the structure of the human mind to produce a lethal reaction, effectively "crashing" the mind the way a computer program crashes when given data that it fails to process.[1][2][3]