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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|main character = | |main character = | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = [[Faction Paradox]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = The [[Compound]] | ||
|setting = | |setting = [[Philadelphia]], [[2010s]] | ||
|writer = [[Lisa Sarah Good]] | |writer = [[Lisa Sarah Good]] | ||
|anthology = ''[[The Book of the Enemy (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]'' | |anthology = ''[[The Book of the Enemy (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]'' | ||
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|next = The Enemy - The Hole in Everything (short story) | |next = The Enemy - The Hole in Everything (short story) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''{{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 == | ||
'' | * [[Sanjae'ktin]] | ||
* [[Sarahn'tzig]] | |||
* [[Zhamir'ftar]] | |||
* [[Wessynd'ona]] | |||
* [[Cousin]] [[Trna]] | |||
* Cousin [[Martayne]] | |||
* [[Cab driver (Houses of Cards)|Cab driver]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
* 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 == | ||
'' | * 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 | * ''[[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) | |||
{{FP series}} | {{FP series}} | ||
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[[Category:The Book of the Enemy short stories]] | [[Category:The Book of the Enemy short stories]] | ||
[[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]] | |||
