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|featuring        = [[Faction Paradox]]
|enemy            =  
|enemy            = The [[Compound]]
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|setting          = [[Philadelphia]], [[2010s]]
|writer            = [[Lisa Sarah Good]]
|writer            = [[Lisa Sarah Good]]
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|anthology        = ''[[The Book of the Enemy (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]''
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirteenth story in ''[[The Book of the Enemy (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirteenth story in ''[[The Book of the Enemy (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]''. It was based around the real life destruction of [[Hitchbot|hitchBOT]] which occurred in [[Philadelphia]] in [[2015]].
 
The story was accompanied by two [[briefing]]s attributed to ''[[The Book of Lies]]'' and the ''apocryphal Infancy Gospel of [[Grandfather Paradox]]'', both written by [[Simon Bucher-Jones]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Sanjae'ktin]]
* [[Sarahn'tzig]]
* [[Zhamir'ftar]]
* [[Wessynd'ona]]
* [[Cousin]] [[Trna]]
* Cousin [[Martayne]]
* [[Cab driver (Houses of Cards)|Cab driver]]


== References ==
== References ==
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* Hitchbot is thought to have been built by [[Canadian]]s.
* Philadelphia cuisine includes [[hoagie]]s and [[cheesesteak]]s.
* Before [[One Liberty Place]] was built in the [[1980s]], no building in [[Philadelphia]] was higher than the statue of [[William Penn]] atop the [[Philadelphia City Hall]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* Trna mentions [[Little Cousin]] [[Zeller]] as being responsible for Hitchbot's creation. In the real world, Frauke Zeller was one of hitchBOT's co-creators.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* ''[[The Book of Lies]]'' originates from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]''.
* The captured Compound creatures are given to Godfather [[Stendec]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', et al)


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[[Category:The Book of the Enemy short stories‎]]
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[[Category:Stories set in the War]]
[[Category:Stories set in the War]]
[[Category:Stories set in the United States]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 2010s]]

Revision as of 20:14, 2 April 2018

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Houses of Cards was the thirteenth story in The Book of the Enemy. It was based around the real life destruction of hitchBOT which occurred in Philadelphia in 2015.

The story was accompanied by two briefings attributed to The Book of Lies and the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Grandfather Paradox, both written by Simon Bucher-Jones.

Summary

to be added

Characters

References

Notes

  • Trna mentions Little Cousin Zeller as being responsible for Hitchbot's creation. In the real world, Frauke Zeller was one of hitchBOT's co-creators.

Continuity