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2011-03-23: Rabot's Alone (permutation)
Just like in books
Rabot is using the "Paul Durham Technique" for hacking your way out of a universe that's running out of steam. Like in "Permutation City", by Greg Egan.
It's not really a very good idea, since you can't guarantee anything about your destination other than it will think it's you. No guarantee that all your ideas and memories and beliefs will carry over. Scary, eh?
Scarier: it's probably happening to you right now! If it works at all, anyway.
This comic is in the storyline:
- Variations
A long-running series, maybe the crux of the site. Reader submits a suggestion, and I draw three comics based on that suggestion. Originally all three had to start the same, but it evolved.
This comic includes the contribution:
- smeared ink suggested: In the distant future, only Rabot remains.
Text transcript
Rabot: Well... here goes... [[ Rabot uses the "Konami Code". ]] [[ The universe is empty, now. ]] Rabot: Ohhh ow... Passerby: Mister, don't move -- the ambulance will be here in a- Rabot: I'm FINE, I just... Rabot: MEAT?! A MEAT body? There's no WAY my whole mind fits in a MEAT brain! This SUCKS!!