by
J.G. Ballard
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Myths of the Near Future
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interstice
(en)
(noun) an intervening space
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it took root like a lingering disease in the interstices of its victims' lives
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it took root like a lingering disease in the interstices of its victims' lives
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canted
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in a slanting or oblique position
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Beyond the tilting fences he could see the drained swimming pools of Cocoa Beach, each a complex geometry of light and shadow, canted decks encoding the secret entrances to another dimension
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Beyond the tilting fences he could see the drained swimming pools of Cocoa Beach, each a complex geometry of light and shadow, canted decks encoding the secret entrances to another dimension
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4 years, 6 months ago
anneal
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(verb) to heat and then cool (as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle / (verb) to cool slowly usually in a furnace / (verb) to heat and then cool (double-stranded nucleic acid) in order to separate strands and induce combination at lower temperature with complementary strands / (verb) strengthen toughen / (verb) to be capable of combining with complementary nucleic acid by a process of heating and cooling
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The sun was annealing plates of copper light to his skin, dressing his arms and shoulders in a coronation armour
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The sun was annealing plates of copper light to his skin, dressing his arms and shoulders in a coronation armour
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